Art

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