Art

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