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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Six Persimmons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • 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
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Stupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Tara
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
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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