Art

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