Art

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