Art

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