Art

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