Art

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