Art

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