Art

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