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Art

  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Praying Priest
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
The Death of the Buddha

The Death of the Buddha

The object shows the deceased Buddha laid out in a coffin on a high scaffold. Around him are eight monks with their hands folded, paying their last respects. As they bid him farewell, the Buddha's body is cremated.. 

In Myanmar, objects like this were placed in reliquary shrines in large numbers. People donated them as a token of reverence and in the hope of accumulating merit.

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