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  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • 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
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Hotei
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Budai
  • 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
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
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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