Art

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