Art

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