Art

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