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  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Praying Priest
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
Shyamatara, Green Tara

Shyamatara, Green Tara

Tara is greatly revered by Himalayan Buddhists to this day; they call on her for protection and aid in any situation. As Shyamatara (Green or Dark Tara), she sits with her left leg bent in front of her; her right leg is pendant and rests on a lotus. Her pose symbolizes her willingness to leap to her feet to help out at a moment’s notice. 

This figure was cast in the imperial workshops at Beijing, and is among the finest examples of Chinese sculpture. The naturalistic modelling of the body, the elegant drapery folds, and the opulence and intricacy of the jewellery reveal the figure’s quality.

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