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  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Budai
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
Hotei

Hotei

This picture of a smiling, pot-bellied monk sitting in front of a huge sack was rendered with a few expressive lines. Known as “Hemp Sack” (Jap. Hotei; Chin. Budai), this monk is considered to be a true Buddha in Zen Buddhism. It is said that he was always jolly and contented. He stuffed everything he was given into his huge sack, without judgment or prejudice. 

The artist Ike Taiga supposedly painted this picture not with a brush, but with his fingers.

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