Art

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