Art

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