Art

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