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Art

  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Travel Shrine
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Hotei
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
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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