Art

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

Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)

This superbly crafted figure is believed to depict the famous abbot Sakya Pandita (1182–1252). The beginnings of Tibetan theocracy date back to his era; in this form of government the ruler was a religious figure or someone held to be a divinity. 

Sakya Pandita’s splendid attire indicates the secular aspect of the Sakya School. This type of cap, for example, was typically worn by members of this school. The book and sword are references to the Bodhisattva Manjushri; Sakya Pandita was considered to be an emanation of that being.