Art

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