Art

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