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Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Praying Priest
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
The Buddha Begins Teaching

The Buddha Begins Teaching

This relief follows a standardized iconographic programme. The Buddha sits enthroned within a niche framed by two pillars; a magic face is visible above its arch. The Buddha wears a close-fitting, unpleated robe; only its hems are visible. He is shown instructing his disciples, his hands displaying the gesture of setting in motion the Wheel of the Law. The wheel is shown in his right hand, and again beneath his lotus throne, where it is flanked by two gazelles from the park at Sarnath. These, too, are symbols of Buddhism.

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