Art

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

Sitatara, White Tara

Tara, the female Bodhisattva, is said to have once originated from the tears of Avalokiteshvara. She embodies absolute compassion and represents female perfection at the same time.

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