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  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gazelle
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Budai
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
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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