Art

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