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Art

  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life

Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life

Buddha Shakyamuni is seated on a richly adorned throne at the centre of the picture. The gesture he is making refers to the moment of his awakening. Around him his life story is told in numerous scenes. It opens at the top left with his birth and continues anticlockwise; in the lower section we witness his adolescent years, followed at the bottom right by his flight from the palace, and then his awakening to Buddhahood. After several scenes describing his work as a teacher, the story ends at the top right with his death.

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