Art

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