Art

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