Art

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