Art

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