Art

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