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  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Four Excursions
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Stupa
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • 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
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • 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
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
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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