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Art

  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Budai
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Praying Priest
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past

Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past

Buddha Dipankara is said to have spread the Buddhist teachings (dharma) across the world at some point in the past. In the process, he announced the coming of Buddha Shakyamuni, the Buddha of our era.

Dipankara's hand gesture refers to “turning the Wheel of the Law” – that is, disseminating the Buddhist teachings. 

He is seated on a high plinth decorated with lions in a lush landscape. His body is surrounded by a shining glow encircled by large flowers. Heavenly beings shower him with blossoms. 

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