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  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • State Oracle Garment
  • 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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Six Persimmons
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
Bust of a Luohan

Bust of a Luohan

Luohans (arhats in Sanskrit) are the religious ideal of early monastic Buddhism. Considered to be direct disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni, they are said to have achieved awakening through their own efforts. They are portrayed as monks, often with distorted features that symbolize their exceptional powers, which they use to preserve and protect the Buddhist teachings until the arrival of Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future.

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