This painting is an unusual pastiche of Tibetan and Chinese imagery and painting techniques. The central figure, the bodhisattva and future Buddha Maitreya, is marked by his traditional Tibetan Buddhist iconographic attributes: he is red, has a stupa in his crown, and holds a blossoming branch with a vase on top.

A bodhisattva is somone who is able to achieve Enlightenment, but chooses to delay doing so. Instead, they stay and dedicate themselves to helping others. This sculpture depicts the Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future), meaning he will be born in a distant future age when the teachings of the (current) Buddha have been forgotten.

2024年9月30日 · Maitreya flanked by two Bodhisattvas, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, Singapore. Photo by Carson Arias. Enlightening and radiant bodhisattvas are often depicted in art. With the opening of Buddhist practice to laypeople, active and compassionate bodhisattva archetypes developed in the popular imagination through artistic imagery.

Title: Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya (Buddha of the Future) Date: ca. 3rd century. Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Medium: Gray schist. Dimensions: H. 64 1/4 in. (163.2 cm); W. 21 in. (53.3 cm); D. 8 in. (20.3 cm) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1991. Object Number ...

Art historian Uranchimeg Tsultemin introduces Mongolia’s most extraordinary artist, the reincarnated lama, politician, architect, and sculptor Zanabazar, who built monasteries and sculpted statues of Buddhist deities in his distinctive style. This elegant statue of bodhisattva Maitreya is inspired by ancient Nepalese sculptures.

1976年11月15日 · The future Buddha Maitreya is represented here as a bodhisattva, presumably in Tushita heaven, from where he will descend to earth at the appropriate time. Seated in the meditation posture, his left hand is in his lap, and the right displays the teaching gesture. Two leafy stalks of flowers rise from the lotus base along his arms.

1975年4月1日 · Maitreya, whose Sanskrit name means "benevolent" or "friendly," is unique in Buddhism—he is worshipped both as a bodhisattva of the present era and as the Buddha of the future.

Maitreya is one of the great bodhisattvas and is said to reside in the realm of Tushita, awaiting his time to be born as a human and become the Buddha of the Future. As such, He is a popular figure in all of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions and is venerated by monks as well as the laity.

Maitreya is the bodhisattva who, according to Buddhist teachings, will be the next mortal Buddha to appear on earth. His name in Sanskrit means “friendly and benevolent.” Maitreya is shown with half closed eyes, a sign of his spiritual detachment.

Maitreya, a bodhisattva, is the Buddha of the future who dwells in a Buddhist heaven. Here, wearing a strikingly intricate headdress, Maitreya rests on a multi-layered lotus pedestal, gazing outward through eyes inlaid with silver. Copper and silver inlay enhance the jewelry that adorns his body and the textile pattern that covers his garment.