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  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gazelle
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Praying Priest
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Budai
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Six Persimmons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
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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