Art

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