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  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Monk
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhidharma
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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