Art

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