Art

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