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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Padmasambhava
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • 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
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
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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