Art

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