Art

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