Art

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