Art

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