Art

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