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  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Budai
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Six Persimmons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Praying Priest
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • 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
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
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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