Art

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