Art

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