Art

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