Art

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