Art

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

Travel Shrine

This travel shrine, which the owner took with him on journeys, is decorated with the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism. The shrine served as a protection, even against demons!

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Votive offerings before the Buddha

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Detail of a thangka from Bhutan, 19th century. RTI 114