Art

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