Art

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