Art

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