buddhist art. you only need to kill me a little this time

Model of Mahabodhi Temple Bodhgaya, India, ca. 11th century

Stele of the Buddha’s Eight Life Events, India, possibly Nalanda, 10th century

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines, Nalanda monastery, India, Pala period, 11th century

Twelve-Armed Cakrasamvara and His Consort Vajravarahi, ca. 12th century, India (West Bengal) or Bangladesh

Cakrasamvara Mandala, Nepal, ca. 1100

Mahasiddha Kirapalapa, Nepal, 14th century

Mahasiddha Virupa, Tibet, Sakya Monastery, 13th century

Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, Khmer period, ca. 1190

Borobudur, Ca. 800, Java, Indonesia

“Lokesvara” (Avalokitesvara) Deity, ca. 875, Vietnam, Dong Duong Monastery

Lotus Sutra with illustrated frontispiece, Ca. 12th century, China. Gold ink on indigo paper

Arhat Manifesting as Eleven-Headed Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), Zhou Jichang, 12th century, Ningbo, China

Fish Basket Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), Ca. 1500, China

Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), attributed to Guan Daosheng (d. 1319), China

The Monk Kūya, Early 13th century, Rokuharamitsuji, Japan

Sutra Illustration (Amitabha’s Pure Land), 1164, Itsukushima Shrine, Japan

The White Path Between Two Rivers, 13th century, Japan

Taima Pure Land Tableau, early 14th century, based on an 8th century painting, Japan

Phoenix Hall, Uji, Japan, Completed 1053

Amitabha, with Avalokitesvara and Ksitigharba, Goryeo dynasty, Korea, 14th century

Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, Goryeo dynasty, Korea, 14th century

King of Hell, Goryeo dynasty, Korea, 14th century

Sakyamuni Emerging from the Mountains, China, 1244

Dongshan Wading in the River, Ma Yuan, China, 13th century

The Gourd and the Catfish, Josetsu ca. 1413, Japan

Ryōan-ji Dry Garden, Kyoto, Japan, 1488

Monks Viewing a Painting of Birds, China, 1660, Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje

Fifth Dalai Lama with Previous Incarnations, Tibet, 18th century

Fifth Dalai Lama with Episodes from His Life, Tibet, 18th century

The Qianlong Emperor as Lama, Beijing, China, 18th century