Art

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