Art

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

Head of a Lokeshvara

This over 800-year old figure is from Cambodia. By the third century, Buddhism had already spread from northern India across entire South-east Asia – including Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia. 

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Faces of the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara, Bayon temple complex, Cambodia

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The Bayon temple complex in Cambodia was built by King Jayavarman VII. Originally it featured more than fifty towers, which were adorned with more than 200 faces of the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara. These faces, too, were regarded as portraits of the ruler.