Art

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