Art

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