Art

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