Art

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