Art

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