Art

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