Art

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