Art

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