Art

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