Art

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