Art

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