Art

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