Art

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