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Art

  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Budai
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Tara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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