Art

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