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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Praying Priest
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of the Buddha
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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