Art

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