Art

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