Art

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