Art

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