Art

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