Art

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