Art

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

Dharmapala Yama

This tutelary deity originated in ancient India, and is regarded as the lord of the underworld. Yama is usually depicted dancing on the back of a buffalo. The animal is not included here, but the dancing pose is retained. Yama has the head of a buffalo; across his chest he wears strings of beads from which hangs the Wheel of the Law. This signals his association with Buddhism despite his fierce appearance.