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Art

  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Budai
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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