Art

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