Art

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