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  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhidharma
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Death of the 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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