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  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Gazelle
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation

The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation

The Bodhisattva of Compassion is known in China as Guanyin. The name, a translation from Sanskrit, means “He who hears the world’s cries for help”.

In China, figures of the Bodhisattva of Compassion usually have a feminine appearance. However, their exposed chest and bare feet – regarded as particularly sensual in ancient China – indicate that they do not represent a woman. 

In Buddhist thought, bodhisattvas have attained a higher level of existence. They are not distinguished as either male and female, and in fact they unite the beauty of both genders within themselves.

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