Art

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

The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya

Buddha Shakyamuni is shown here with two companions, probably Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past, and Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future.

Shakyamuni is seated on a throne and, with his right hand, calls the earth goddess to be his witness. In the lower right and left corners, we see two gazelles, important Buddhist symbols. The building in the background is probably the temple of Bodhgaya.