Art

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