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  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Gazelle
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Excursions
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Six Persimmons
  • Large Votive Stupa
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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