Art

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