Art

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