Art

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