Art

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