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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Budai
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
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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