Art

Yogambara with Consort Jnana Dakini
Nepal, 15th century
Yaksha General Anila
China, First half of the 15th century
Zitan Prayer Beads
Mongolia, early 19th century
Vajra and Bell
Probably Urga or Dolonor, Mongolia, ca. late 19th century
Vajrabhairava
Mongolia, ca. 19th century
Vajrabhairava Mandala
Ngor Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, ca. 1515-1535
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
China, second half of the 15th century
Vajrabhairava with Consort Vajravetali
Central Tibet, late 18th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 16th century
Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Vajradhara with consort
Tibet, 14th century
Vajrasattva
Tibet, 19th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 17th century
Walnut Prayer Beads
China, ca. 1908
Walnut seed prayer beads
Japan, 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Woodblock Print of the Buddha with His Assembly
China, 18th - 19th century
Wooden prayer beads
Korea, 19th century
Wooden prayer beads carved with 260 Chinese characters of The Heart Sutra
Korea, 20th century
Takla Membar
Tibet, 19th century
Tara in her Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Amethyst Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Elephant Stomach Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Human Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Tibetan Mother of Pearl Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Tibetan Sheep Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, date unknown
Sherab Chamma, “Loving Mother of Wisdom”
Tibet, 19th century
Six-armed Mahakala
Mongolia, 18th century
Skull prayer beads
Korea, 20th century
Snake Spine Prayer Beads with Conch Button and One Metal Counter
Tibet, 19th century
Striated Wood Prayer Bead
China, 18th century
Red-and-Black-Faced Yamari, "Blazing Razor of Extreme Repelling"
Tibet, ca. late 17th century
Red Avalokiteshvara
Nepal or Tibet, dated by inscription, 1871
Rock Crystal Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Rosewood Prayer Beads
Mongolia, 19th century
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Sarvavid Vairochana Mandala
Tibet, 17th century
Penance Prayer Bead
Japan, Early 20th century
Pheonix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Pheonix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Prayer beads made of seeds, likely bladdernut, with image of Bodhidharma carved on each bead
Korea, Early 20th century
Pressed Incense Prayer Beads
China, Date unknown
Pressed Medicine prayer beads
China, Early 20th century
Protector Begtse Chen
Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century
Nine-deity Hevajra Mandala
Central Tibet, 16th century
Nine-deity Mandala of Two-armed Hevajra
Tsang Provence, Central Tibet, 15th century
Nine Deity Offering
Mongolia, 19th century
Open-Ended String of Wood Prayer Bead
Korea, 20th century
Padmasambhava in His Pure Realm, the Copper-Colored Mountain
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Palace of the Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru, Master of Remedies (chapter 1)
Chentsa, Amdo region, Northeastern Tibet (Jianzha, Qinghai Province, China), 1995-1996
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 19th century
Peach Pit Prayer Beads
China, Date unknown
Peach Pit Prayer Beads
China, 19th century
Peach Pit Prayer Beads
China, 18th century
Peking glass prayer beads
China, late 19th century
Manjushri
Nepal, 17th century
Manjushri
Tibet, 19th century
Medicine Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru
Tibet, 18th - 19th century
Medicine Buddha (Bhaishajyia guru, Menla)
Mongolia, 18th century
Medicine Buddha Mandala
Inner Mongolia, 18th century
Moon and Star Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Mother of Pearl Prayer Beads
Possibly Derge, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, early 19th century
Lotus Mandala of Hevajra
Northeastern India, 12th century
Mahakala
Central Tibet, possibly Densatil Monastery, mid-14th to mid-15th century
Mahakala and Protector Deities
Central Tibet, early 19th century
Mandala of Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Mandala of Amoghapasha
Northern Nepal or Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century
Mandala of Chakrasamvara
Tibet, 14th-15th century
Mandala of Guhyasamaja-Akshobhyavajra
Tibet, 14th century
Mandala of Heruka Krishna Yamari
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century
Mandala of Hevajra
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 17th century
Mandala of Manjushri Dharmadhatu Vagishvara
Tibet, 16th century (ca. 1500)
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Ivory prayer beads
China, Late 19th century
Ivory Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 19th century
Jodo Shin prayer beads
Japan, 20th century
Four Mandalas of the Vajravali Cycle
Ewam Choden Monastery, Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 1429-1456
Garnet Hand Rosary
Mongolia, Date unknown
Garnet Prayer Bead
China, 19th century
Golden Boxwood Prayer Beads
Mongolia, early 20th century
Guhyasamaja Akshobhvajra with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra
Central Tibet, early 17th century (ca. 1604)
Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra with Consort Sparshavajra
Tibet, 19th century
Guhyasamaja Manjuvajra
Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh, India, 11th century
Guhyasamaja with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Hayagriva
Mongolia, late 18th - early 19th century
Hayagriva
Mongolia, 19th century
Hayagriva
Tibet or Mongolia, 18th century
Hevajra
Tibet, 19th-20th century
Hevajra with consort Nairatmya
Central Tibet, mid-15th-16th century
Hevajra with consort Nairatmya
Tibet or China, 19th century
Hevajra with Consort Nairatmya
Tibet or Nepal, 14th or 16th - 17th century
Human Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Human Cranium Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Finger Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Flat Turquoise Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Buddha Vajradhara
Nepal, 14th century
Carved Wood Prayer Beads
China, 19th century
Chakrasamvara
Mongolia, 19th century
Chakrasamvara in Union with Consort Vajravarahi
Central Tibet, 14th century
Chakrasamvara with Consort
Tibet, 15th century
Coconut Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 20th century
Conch Shell Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Coral Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Crocheted Cloth Cover Prayer Bead
Burma, 20th century
Dorje Drolo, One of Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Double Strand Prayer Beads
Japan, 20th century
Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554)
Tibet, ca. 16th century
Faceted Metal Prayer Beads
Bhutan, ca. 1800
Avalokiteshavara
Tibet, 15th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara Jinasagara
Tibet, 19th century
Black Hayagriva
Central Tibet, 15th century
Bodhisattva Maitreya
Tibet, 17th - 19th century
Bone Prayer Beads
Tibet, early 1970's
Boxwood Prayer Beads
China, 18th century
Buddha Akshobhya
Tibet, 16th century
Buddha Akshobhya and the Eastern Assembly of the Sarvadurgatiparishodhana Mandala
Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati
Central Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Himalayan, 17th century
Buddha Ratnasambhava
Central Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Amdo Province, Eastern Tibet, 16th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Sculpture: China; Throne: Central Tibet, Sculpture: 1403-1424; Throne: ca. 13th century
Agni, God of Fire
China, first half of the 15th century
Akshobhyavajra Ghuyasamaja
Tibet, 17th century or later
Amber Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Amber Prayer Beads
China, Date unknown
Amber Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Amethyst Prayer Beads
Japan, 20th century
Antelope Horn Prayer Beads
China, Date unknown

Spiral

Our True Nature of Mind
Harnessing the wisdom of emptiness to generate compassion
Mandala Lab Sound Meditation
In this sound bath experience, you will connect to your senses and transform feelings of anger into patience and clarity.
Presence in Death
In tukdam, clinically dead meditators are said to dwell in the luminosity of emptiness
Mindful of Race
How wise awareness can help us meet the rough edges of racial distress
Healing through Sound
A series on different forms of healing
Everything Is Life
How Conscious Dying Can Be a Form of Living
­Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Remembering the legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh
The Mandala: A Guide to Transformation
Follow the path to connect inner and outer worlds
Life Is But a Dream (As Seen on TV)
Tuning in to films and series that play with the nature of reality can help us channel Buddhist wisdom
Love for All Beings
Find inspiration in the revered Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara, who works for the benefit of all beings through her many forms.
Self Love
Find inspiration in the revered Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara, who works for the benefit of all beings through her many forms.
Freedom from Fear
Find inspiration in the revered Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara, who works for the benefit of all beings through her many forms.
Heightening Compassion
Find inspiration in the revered Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara, who works for the benefit of all beings through her many forms.
Take One Breath
Find inspiration in the revered Tibetan Buddhist deity Tara, who works for the benefit of all beings through her many forms.
My Spiritual Practice and the Climate Crisis: Thanissara Mary Weinberg
A series on grappling with environmental change
Pleasure, Power, and Sexual Liberation
What actions can we take to heal a society reeling from the abuse of power in the realms of gender and sexuality?
Birthing Creativity and the Power of the Feminine
Learn what the power of the feminine can teach people of all genders about how to nurture, and be nurtured by, the creative process.
How to Meditate for Beginners: The Foundation of Mindfulness
A guide for first-time meditators
Move, Meditate, Write: The Yoga of Writing
Yoga asana, meditation, and writing coalescing into meaning-filled ritual
Three Calming Meditations from Mindfulness Experts
Assess your inner state
A Legacy of Sound: Sonic Meditations by Pauline Oliveros
Practice the art of listening
Elevate Your Practice: Sound Baths, Sound Healing, and Mudras
Delve into meditative techniques beyond mindfulness
The Wisdom of Silence (and Chocolate)
That which is silent, everything is possible
Can Meditation Change How You Perceive Reality?
Insights on the transformative power of meditation
Positive Thinking Day
Living with positive energy is a choice
Introduction to Buddhism, Part 1
Part one of a two-part course that addresses two major themes of Buddhism: individual liberation and social transformation.
Take a Look at Mirror Meditation
Psychologist Dr. Tara Well developed a new way to confront emotions
Dan Harris + Sam Harris
Meditator and author Dan Harris and renowned sceptic Sam Harris discuss his new exploration of spirituality.
Finding Tranquility in a Busy City: Q&A with Loch Kelly
The author reflects on the notion of open-hearted awareness
On Meditation: The Mogul
Can meditation can help you live a calmer, healthier, more mindful, spiritual, and successful life?
On Meditation: The Zen Teacher
A Zen teacher and a neuroscientist on the particular world view of the Zen Buddhist.
On Meditation: The TM Teacher
A discussion about the psycho-physical effects of meditation practice.
Giancarlo Esposito + Moran Cerf
The Breaking Bad actor shares how meditation has transformed his personal life and his acting technique.

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