Art

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

The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara

This group of figures shows Buddha Shakyamuni on the left in an earlier existence as the hermit Sumedha. In a posture of submission, he pays his respects to Buddha Dipankara, a buddha of an earlier aeon. Buddha Dipankara is predicting Sumedha’s rebirth as Buddha Shakyamuni.