Art

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

Buddha Maitreya

This bronze figure from Kashmir depicts Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. He is seated with both feet flat on the ground, a pose that is characteristic for him but otherwise unusual in Buddhist art. Wearing the attire of an Awakened One, he sits upon a throne that is supported by lions and enveloped by a radiant double nimbus. His gesture indicates that it will fall to him to set the Wheel of the Law in motion again.