Art

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