Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life

Buddha Shakyamuni is seated on a richly adorned throne at the centre of the picture. The gesture he is making refers to the moment of his awakening. Around him his life story is told in numerous scenes. It opens at the top left with his birth and continues anticlockwise; in the lower section we witness his adolescent years, followed at the bottom right by his flight from the palace, and then his awakening to Buddhahood. After several scenes describing his work as a teacher, the story ends at the top right with his death.