Art

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

Buddha Vairocana

This Tibetan figure is of the Buddha Vairocana, regarded as the personification of all aspects of wisdom. Vairocana is portrayed displaying the Wheel of the Law (dharmachakra) gesture: his hands held in front of his chest symbolize the setting in motion of the Wheel of the Law, meaning the dissemination of the Buddhist teachings (the dharma).

This figure is an example of exquisite artistic form. In keeping with its cultic significance, it is richly decorated and set with gems. Particularly fine in its execution and inset with stones, the crown is reminiscent of jewellery associated with an Indian prince.