Art

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