Art

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