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  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • 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
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Budai
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
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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