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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Praying Priest
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • 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
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Six Persimmons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
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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