Art

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