Art

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