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  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • 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
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • 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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