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Art

  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • 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
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
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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