Art

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