Art

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