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  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • 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
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Excursions
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease

The Bodhisattva of Compassion is seated here in the posture of royal ease: his right knee is bent vertically, his left knee is bent horizontally, and his left leg is tucked into his body. He uses his left arm for support, while his right arm lies loosely across his knee.

In its composition, this statue conforms to the stylistic ideal of the period of its creation. The broad, almost closed eyes are located high up in the narrow face and the mouth is tiny. This lends the Bodhisattva a detached expression.

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