Art

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

This scroll, part of a series, shows the Buddha's legendary pupils in a picturesque and highly detailed mountain landscape.

Mythical snow lions can be seen on the snow-covered mountain peaks, and yogis and monks perform ritual exercises in the caves at the bottom.

The four arhats are clearly identifiable by their symbols. Kalika, in the lower left, is holding two golden earrings. The story goes that he made them out of the jewellery which the gods in heaven gave him for his impressive teaching. Although he lived in stark poverty, he wore the earrings as a reminder that his instruction had opened the gods’ ears.