Art

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