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Art

  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Praying Priest
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
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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