Art

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