Art

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