Art

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