Art

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