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  • Hotei
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Budai
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Tara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
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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