Art

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