Art

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