Art

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