Art

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