Art

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