Art

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