Art

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

The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)

The Mongol ruler Altan Khan conferred the title of Dalai Lama (“Ocean-like Teacher”) on the head of the Gelug School in 1578.

After the lama's death, his reincarnation was found to be the son of a Mongol prince, thus further consolidating the ties between the Gelug School and its Mongol patrons. The child was recognized as the 4th Dalai Lama, Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617). 

In this standardized portrayal, the 4th Dalai Lama sits upon a throne. To his right, we see the monastery of Sera, where he was abbot. Appearing in a vision at the top left is his teacher, Panchen Lama Lobzang Choki Gyaltsen (1570–1662). Three protective deities wreathed in flames surround the Dalai Lama.