Art

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