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  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Travel Shrine
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Four Excursions
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
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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