Art

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