Art

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