Art

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