Art

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