Art

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