Art

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