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Art

  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Gazelle
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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 Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Hotei
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
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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