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Art

  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Budai
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya

The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya

Akshobhya, the “Immovable One”, is one of the Five Transcendent Buddhas, each of whom represents an aspect of the ultimate wisdom. He stands for the triumph over cravings and passions through reflection and wisdom. Like his fellow Transcendent Buddhas, he is portrayed wearing opulent jewellery.

Akshobhya is associated with the earth-touching gesture, which symbolizes supreme wisdom. His attribute is the vajra, supported here by two lotus flowers next to the figure’s shoulders. His mount, the elephant, is shown at the foot of his throne.

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