Art

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