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  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Budai
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • 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 Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Hotei
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
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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