Art

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