Art

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