Art

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