Art

  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Budai
  • Gazelle
  • Praying Priest
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Hotei
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
The Buddha’s Parinirvana

The Buddha’s Parinirvana

The Buddha’s parinirvana – meaning his final liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth – was an early subject of Buddhist stone sculptures, many of which were monumental. This figure, in contrast, is one of the smallest to treat the subject. As described in the Buddha legend, he lies here on his side and supports his head in his right hand.