Art

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