Art

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

Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas

The Five Transcendent Buddhas are supramundane manifestations of the Absolute, or ultimate wisdom. Each embodies particular aspects of it, and each is attributed specific symbols and qualities. 

Each of the Five Transcendent Buddhas – Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi – sits between pillars and beneath a decorative arch. The thrones of these Buddhas are borne by their respective mounts.