Art

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