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  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gazelle
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
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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