Art

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

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

In this image, Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, carries a lotus blossom in his upper left hand – which is why he is often referred to as Padmapani, “lotus-in-hand”. In his lower left hand he holds a water vessel, and in his upper right hand a prayer chain. The lower right hand is turned towards the viewer in the gesture of generosity. His crown features the Transcendent Buddha Amitabha. At the bottom right is the figure of a donor.