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  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Four Excursions
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
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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