Art

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