Art

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