Art

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