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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Stupa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing 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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