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  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Travel Shrine
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
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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