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  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Hotei
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Gazelle
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Tara
  • 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 Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Praying Priest
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Stupa
Portrait of the Abbot Ennin

Portrait of the Abbot Ennin

The Japanese monk Ennin is shown here in deep meditation. He sits with his legs crossed on a small wooden plinth, his hands folded in his lap and his face radiating absolute calm. 

Ennin (794–864) went to China with a Japanese delegation in 838. He travelled the country for eight years, visiting different monasteries. He later returned to Japan, bringing with him many new teachings. He is also famous for his diary-like travelogue.

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