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  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Praying Priest
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family

Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family

The Buddha – the revered teacher and great role model – sits at the centre of this stela. Two shaven-headed monks stand immediately next to him. The two Pratyekabuddhas who form the next pair have “snail-shell” curls. The last two figures in this row wear the rich jewellery of an Indian prince and can be identified as bodhisattvas. 

These three pairs symbolize the different paths that the Lotus Sutra says can lead to awakening: one followed by a monk in a monastery, one followed by a “private” person like the Pratyekabuddha, and the compassion-filled one followed by the bodhisattva.

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