Art

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