Art

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

Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

This scroll shows the great Tibetan tantric master Padmasambhava. He is said to have travelled to Tibet in the 8th century in order to establish Buddhism there. Legend has it that he first conquered the demons and deities of the reigning Bon faith and forced them to serve as protectors of Buddhism from then on. Here he is displayed as a high-ranking teacher and founder of the Nyingma School. The figure is depicted in a lively fashion and with much attention to detail. Padmasambhava is embedded in a landscape of mountains and flowers and surrounded by several deities.