Art

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