Art

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