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  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Four Excursions
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Six Persimmons
  • Praying Priest
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
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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