Art

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