Art

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