Art

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