Art

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