Art

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