Art

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