Art

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