Art

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