Art

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