Art

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

The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness

In a niche flanked by columns, the richly adorned and crowned Buddha is seated in the lotus position. At the moment of his awakening he invokes the earth goddess for support. She is the small figure just below the lotus throne. Above the niche, the Buddha is depicted a second time. His left hand is performing the gesture of fearlessness, while his right hand is clutching the hem of his monk’s robe.