Art

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