Art

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

Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha

This Buddha sitting on a lotus throne is known as the Medicine Buddha. In his right hand he holds a seed to symbolize his healing power, through which he can cure all illness and infirmity. Devotees appeal to him for physical health. At the same time, he promises to free them of all suffering and to guide them to their awakening.