Art

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