Art

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

Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha

Buddhist art from Gandhara is renowned for its numerous narrative representations of events in the life of Buddha Shakyamuni. 

The topmost, slightly damaged scene shows the Buddha miraculously pacifying a raging elephant sent to kill him by his jealous cousin Devadatta. Below that is a conversion scene. An unidentified bodhisattva is shown in the bottom section.