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  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Praying Priest
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gazelle
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

The Bodhisattva of Compassion appears in various forms; here he is portrayed with eleven heads and eight arms.

Legend has it that the Bodhisattva was so distressed at all the suffering in the world that his head shattered into several pieces. Buddha Amitabha made 10 heads out of them and placed his own head on top; he also gave the Bodhisattva several pairs of arms. The Bodhisattva of Compassion was thus able to see all the world’s suffering and to offer help using his many arms.

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