Art

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