Art

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