Art

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