Art

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