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  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Excursions
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Six Persimmons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Budai
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing 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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