Art

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