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  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Travel Shrine
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Excursions
  • Six Persimmons
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Gazelle
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
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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