Art

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