Art

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