Art

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