Art

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