Art

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