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  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Four Excursions
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Praying Priest
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Travel Shrine
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
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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