Art

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