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Art

  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Budai
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine 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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