Art

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

Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar

This small altar is made of wood and has a black lacquer exterior. To use it in a ritual, one would open the two wings, revealing the saviour figures painted with lacquer pigments on a gold background. At the centre within an aureole stands Amitabha, the Buddha of Compassion. He is flanked by two bodhisattvas descending on clouds and reverently presenting him with two lotus blossoms.