Art

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