Art

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