Rubin Museum of Art

Devotion

A virtuous feeling and deep respect toward an authentic teaching, teacher, or path. Buddhists believe that expansive study, analysis, and meditation are essential steps for cultivating a healthy and enduring devotion.

Art 119 Spiral 1

Black-and-white image of bright white snow-covered mountain rising from valley between two darker peaks lightly covered with snow.

Tibet, 2000

Painting of large seated figure with colorful robes surrounded by smaller figures above and below mounted on vertical strip of golden patterned fabric.

Treasure Revealer Terdak Lingpa (1646–1714)

Mindroling monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, early 18th century

Wrathful Shrine Doors

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, ca.19th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 20th century

Tibet, 17th century

Nepal, 12th century

White Manjushri

Tibet, 19th century

Unidentified Lama (Teacher)

Tibet, 15th or 16th century

Upper Section of a Torana

Nepal, Dated by inscription 1810

Ushnisavijaya and Celebration of Old Age (Jyatha Janko)

Nepal, 19th century

Tibet, 15th or 16th century

Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana

Tibet, 19th century

Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339)

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Three Tantric Goddesses

Nepal, 18th century

Tibetan Shrine Cabinet (Chosham)

New York, New York, 2012-2013

Sharabha; fragment of a throne frame

Nepal or Tibet, 14th - 15th century

Shiva and Parvati

Nepal, 13th century

Nepal, 15th century

Shiva Vishavarupa, Universal form with Consort

Nepal, mid-19th century

Shrine Cabinet (Chosham)

Tibet, Second half of 20th century

Nepal, 17th century

Six-Armed Mahakala

Tibet, 15th century

Sixth Zhamar, Garwang Chokyi Wangchuk (1584-1630); From a Pelpung set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th century

China, Dated 1439

Tibet, 13th century

Red Avalokiteshvara

Nepal or Tibet, dated by inscription, 1871

Refuge Field with Machik Labdron (1055-1153)

Tibet, early 20th century

Tibet, 14th century

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

Tibet, 17th century

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

Tibet, 17th century

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

Tibet, 17th century

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

Tibet, 17th century

Scenes from the Life of Jamyang Tutob Wangchuk (1588-1637)

Tibet, 17th or 18th century

Scenes from the Life of Padmasambhava

Tibet, 19th century

Phakmodrupa (1110–1170) with His Previous Incarnations and Episodes from His Life

Central Tibet, ca. 1272

Protector Begtse Chen

Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century

Tibet, 15th century

Tibet, 15th century

Bhutan, 19th century

Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tibet, late 19th century

Padmasambhava and scenes from his life story

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th - 19th century

Padmasambhava, Pema Jungne

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, late 18th-19th century

Padmasambhava with Consorts

Nepal, 15th - 16th century

Padmasambhava with deities of the Yang Ter tradition

Tibet, 18th century

Padmasambhava with his Eight Manifestations, Hayagriva, flanked by Yeshe Tsogyel, and Shantarakshita

Tibet, ca. 16th century

Palace of the Protector Begtse

Mongolia, 19th century

Panjaranatha Mahakala

Tibet, 15th century

Panjaranatha Mahakala

Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century

Panjarnatha Mahakala

Central Tibet, early 18th century, ca. 1720

Pelden Lhamo Dusolma “Smoke-Clad Goddess”

Tibet, 14th century

Model of the Mahabodhi Temple

Eastern India, Probably Bodhgaya, ca. 11th century

Mold for a sculpture

Nephu monastery, Bhutan and Darjeeling, India, ca. 19th-20th century

Mold for Clay Image (tsatsa) of Buddha Amitayus

Himalayan Region, ca. 19th century

Mountain God Kula Kari

Tibet, 19th century

Himalayan Region, 19th century

Krishna and Hatha Dya

Nepal, 19th century

Tibet, 17th - 18th century

Lama (Teacher) as a Mahasiddha

Tibet, 18th century

Lama (Teacher), Milarepa

Tibet, 18th century

Life Story of Nangsa Wobum

New York City, 2020

Life Story of Tsongkapa (1357-1419)

Tibet, 18th century

Longchenpa Drime Ozer (1308-1363)

Tibet, 19th century

Machik Labdron (1055–1153)

Tibet, ca. 16th - 17th century

Maitreya, Buddha of the Future

Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century

Mandala of Chandra

Nepal, ca.1500

Nepal, 16th century

Nepal, Dated by inscription,1463

Indra, Hurling His Thunderbolt

Nepal, 12th century

Karmapa with his Footprints

Central Tibet, late 12th-early 13th century

Kashmir, India, 10th century

Nepal, 17th or 18th century

Four-Faced Linga

Nepal, 18th - 19th century

Fourth Demo Rinpoche, Lhawang Gyeltsen (1631–1668)

Tibet or China, Dated by inscription, 1667

Nepal, 17th century

Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th century

Geluk Refuge Field

Tibet, 19th century

Geluk Teacher Champa Tashi

Central Tibet, 16th century

Tibet, 17th century

Central Tibet, 14th century

Tibet, 15th century

Tibet, ca. 18th century

Handheld Prayer Wheel

Central Tibet, Early 20th century

Heruka (Lama Gongdu cycle)

Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Hevajra and Nairatmya

Eastern India, ca. 12th century

Five Arhats: Ajita, Kalika, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, Bhadra

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 18th century

Cosmic Vishnu (Vishvarupa)

Nepal, 17th - 18th century

Cover of a Vaishnava Manuscript

Nepal, 18th century

Damchen Garwai Nakpo

China, ca. 18th century

Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216) and Sakya Pandita (1182-1251)

Central Tibet, ca. 15th century

Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)

Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Bhutan, 19th century

Field of Accumulation of Merit (Tsokshin) of the Geluk Tradition with Tsongkhapa

Central Tibet, ca. late 18th - early 19th century

Fierce Lion-faced Goddess, Simhamukha

Tibet, 18th century

China or Tibet, 17th - 18th century

Attendant figure to Vaishravana

Tibet, 16th century

Avalokiteshvara Enshrined in a Temple

Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1850

Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Realm

Tibet, 19th century

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Swat region (present day Pakistan), ca. 9th century

Black Cloak Mahakala

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Black Hayagriva

Central Tibet, 15th century

Tibet, 13th century

Tibet, 12th century

Bodhisattva Amoghapasha

Nepal, ca. 1400

Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha

Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Tibet or China, 17th - 18th century

Bodhisattva Suryabaskara

China or Inner Mongolia, 18th century

Book Cover with Ten Incarnations of Vishnu

Nepal, ca. 1600

Buddha Amitayus

Tibet, 17th century

Buddha Amitayus

Himalayan, 17th century

Buddha Amitayus

Bhutan, late 19th or early 20th century

Buddha Amitayus

Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Abbot Lhachok Sengge (1468-1535)

Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 16th century

Akshobhyavajra Ghuyasamaja

Tibet, 17th century or later

Tibet or China, 17th century

Six Inspirational Objects You’ll Find in a Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room

Devotional and ritual items displayed in these sacred spaces

Traditional Himalayan Art