Art

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