Art

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