Art

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