Art

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