Art

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