Art

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