Art

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

Seated Bodhisattva

This sculpture in high relief shows a seated bodhisattva on a draped throne. His hands are performing the dharmachakra gesture, which symbolizes the propagation of the Buddhist teachings. The figure is opulently dressed and richly adorned. An artistically wound turban completes the regal attire. His posture conveys serenity, and his half-closed eyes lend his face a meditative expression.