Art

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