Art

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