Art

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