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Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Budai
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Sitatara, White Tara
Leaving for Homelessness

Leaving for Homelessness

This relief depicts Prince Siddhartha’s flight from his father’s palace.

Having witnessed human suffering on four excursions, the prince decided to abandon his home and family and go in search of religious fulfilment. His royal parents would never have supported such an endeavour, so he had his horse saddled in the dead of night, ready for departure. Meanwhile, the gods had made the entire town fall into a deep sleep. In order not to awake anyone in the palace, heavenly beings lifted up the horse's hooves from the ground. 

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