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  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Layman Huashang 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
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha
  • Budai
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • 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
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
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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