Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni

The Buddha is seated in the diamond posture on a broad-leafed, double lotus throne. In the Buddhist tradition, the lotus serves among other things as a symbol of spiritual growth and awakening. That is why images of awakened beings tend to be seated upon a lotus throne. The Buddha’s left hand rests in his lap; with his right hand he displays the earth-witness gesture. His head of tight curls still reveals traces of lapis lazuli, which was commonly used in Tibet for ritual ornamentation. This figure was quite probably cast in eastern Tibet: its face is strongly reminiscent of contemporaneous Chinese pieces. Tibetan work that shows Chinese influences is described as “Sino-Tibetan”.