This painting illustrates a practice from one of the Buddhist master Padmasambhava’s teachings, recorded when he brought Buddhism to Tibet. He is said to have hidden the teaching like a treasure [...]
Ratnasambhava, the buddha that presides over the southern direction, is one of the Buddhas of the Five Families, each associated with a cardinal direction [...]
This sculpture of the historical Buddha shows him with characteristic lotus wheel marks on his hands and feet, wearing monastic dress, and performing the gesture of touching the earth, a reference to his enlightenment […]
Buddha Shakyamuni is the most represented image in Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhist culture [...]
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The northeastern Indian village of Bodhgaya, the place of the Buddha’s enlightenment, was and continues to be an important pilgrimage site. While in Bodhgaya some [...]
Tales of Buddha Shakyamuni’s past lives(jataka) are some of the most well-known narratives in Himalayan culture and are often presented in [...]
Abheda is one of the sixteen arhats, the original disciples of the Buddha. His identifying attribute is a [...]
The meditation deity Akshobhyavajra, described in the Secret Assembly (Guhyasamaja) Tantra, symbolically unites the Five Buddha Families. Three-headed, six-armed, holding a vajra and bell, [...]
This banner is part of a set of works dedicated to the various deities found in the mandala of the Medicine Buddha. Agni is the ancient Indian god of fire [...]