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  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Four Excursions
  • Budai
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
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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