Art

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