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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Praying Priest
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gazelle
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)

Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)

Buddhism had a strong influence on the development of book printing in Asia. The oldest woodblock prints of Buddhist texts were made in China and date back to the 7th century. By the end of the 10th century, the entire Buddhist canon, with over a thousand texts in 480 volumes, had been printed in China. Scholars in other countries quickly adopted the new copying technique for the dissemination of Buddhist texts. 

In Tibet, Buddhist texts were printed on long, narrow strips of paper from the 14th century onward. These were then placed between wooden covers and bound together to make books.

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