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  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Six Persimmons
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Praying Priest
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
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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