Art

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