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HUA-YEN-CHING (BUDDHA-AVATAMSAKA-NAMAMAHA-VAIPULY A-SUTRA)
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
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Standing Buddha Shakyamuni in Varada-mudra
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This sculpture depicts a Buddha gracefully standing on a shallow lotus pedestal, the Buddha likely the Buddha Sakyamuni (the Historical Buddha) though possibly the Buddha Dipankara...
Section of Chapter 17 from the "Ten Practices" Volume of the Flower Ornament Sutra (J: Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō; Skt: Avatamsaka-sutra)
Section of Chapter 17 from the "Ten Practices" Volume of the Flower Ornament Sutra (J: Daihōkōbutsu kegonkyō; Skt: Avatamsaka-sutra)
This sutra fragment (mounted as a hanging scroll) is a remnant of a set thought to have been originally dedicated to the temple Senpukuji in Osaka. The text comes from the Flower O...
Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")
Dharani Sutra (Informally called the "Leifengta Sutra")
The printed inscription preceding this small sutra's frontispiece states that "the Prince of Wu-Yue, Qian Shu [Qian Hongshu], had 84,000 copies of this sutra printed in 975 for pla...
Head of Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni
Head of Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni
Carved in gray limestone in Thailand in the seventh or early eighth century, this stone sculpture depicts the head of a Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha...
"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)
"The Former Deeds of Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyō)
Of the numerous sutras (Buddhist texts) brought to Japan, the Lotus Sutra (Japanese: Myōhō-renge-kyō; Sanskrit: Saddharma-pundarika sutra) became the most popular and influential. ...
One Page from the Ksitigarbha-Bodhisattva-Pranidhana-Sutra (Sutra of the Oath of the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha)
One Page from the Ksitigarbha-Bodhisattva-Pranidhana-Sutra (Sutra of the Oath of the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha)
Originally a section of a handscroll, or possibly a page from an accordion-fold album, this calligraphic work represents text from a Buddhist sutra, specifically, text from the Ksi...
Scenes from the Buddha’s Life
Scenes from the Buddha’s Life
This painting is composed of three vignettes from the Buddha’s life.
The primary scene begins in the top right corner of the painting. It shows the Buddha ascended to the Trayas...
The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) with Illustrated Frontispiece
The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) with Illustrated Frontispiece
Printed during the twelfth century, this scroll, together with the seven others from the set, contain the text of the Lotus Sutra (Chinese, Miaofa Lianhua Jing; Sanskrit, Saddharma...