Seated Buddha Flanked by Maitreya and Avalokiteśvara

Yulin Cave 25, east wall Middle Tang (781–848)

Two blue-skinned, many-armed deities holding implements, locked in embrace before fiery nimbus

Northern mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)

Blue-skinned, many-armed, cow- and human-headed deity in dynamic pose before fiery nimbus

Vajrabhairava Solitary of Rwa Lotsawa Tradition

Western mural painting in Hevajra Chapel, middle floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)

Two halves of clay and copper mold used to produce votive tablet depicting wrathful deity

Mold for clay image (tsatsa) of Vajrapani

Bodhisattva wearing blue and red brocade dhoti stands, holding long-stemmed blossom, amongst clouds and blossoms

Bodhisattva Suryabaskara

Golden statue depicting standing Bodhisattva wearing pleated dhoti and finely-modeled crown, earrings, armbands, and necklaces

Bodhisattva Kshitigarbha

Two Bodhisattvas glance at one another while seated on lotus platforms before pagoda-roofed structure

Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm

Bronze-colored statue depicting seated Bodhisattva wearing ornate crown and pleated dhoti holding long-stemmed blossoms

Maitreya

Avalokiteshvara

Bronze-colored statue depicting Bodhisattva holding long-stemmed blossoms; seated with left leg extended to ground

Manjushri

Bronze-colored sculpture depicting four-armed Bodhisattva seated on lotus pedestal; tightly wound textile scroll attached to front left arm

Four-Armed Avalokiteshvara

Computer-generated image depicting design for monumental white stupa and colossal golden Buddha amid trees

Design for Grand Maitreya Project, work-in-progress

near Ulaanbaatar

Seated Buddha and attendants assembled in circle look upon beasts being slain by two figures

Detail of Morality Tale of Vidura from chapter 76 in the Wish-fulfilling Vine (Bodhisattvavadanakalpalata)

Southern mural painting of the original Main Assembly Hall, ground floor, Gongkar Chode Monastery, Gangto Village, Gongkar County, Lhokha, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China) ca. 1464–1476 Khyentse Chenmo (active 15th century)