Art

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