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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Travel Shrine
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Hotei
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
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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