Art

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