Art

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