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  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Budai
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Gazelle
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Praying Priest
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
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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