Art

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