Art

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