Art

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