Art

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