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  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Hotei
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
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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