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Art

  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Monk
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dharmapala Yama
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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