Art

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