Art

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