Art

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