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  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Gazelle
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Travel Shrine
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Hotei
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
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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