Art

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