Art

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