Art

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