Art

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

Guhyamanjuvajra

Guhyamanjuvajra is the embodiment of a complex philosophical text: every detail in this figure has a symbolic meaning and refers to a specific viewpoint. As they meditate, practitioners concentrate on each element, allowing it to appear before their mind’s eye, and ultimately they come to identify with the deity. 

Guhyamanjuvajra is shown in sexual union with his consort. The fusion of the female and male principles symbolizes the elimination of opposites and thus refers to the All-encompassing.