Art

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