Art

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