Art

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