Art

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