Art

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