Art

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