Museum photos

 Maitreya

Mahavairocana.

Partying with the Buddha?

There are stone faces of an ancient ornate stupa. This one has Maculinda, a theme of quite a few relics on this exhibit, Tree & Serpent, at the Met. Awesome show.

This one is a presentation of the Buddha's crown. 

The wheel of the Dharma was turned when:

The Blessed One then asked again, “Kaundinya, did you understand? did you understand?”

Kaundinya replied, “Blessed One, I understood.  I understood.”

“Since venerable Kaundinya has understood the Dharma, he shall now be known as Ajnatakaundinya - the Kaundinya who understood.” (source)