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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Padmasambhava
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • 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
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gazelle
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Machig Labdrön
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
The Four Excursions

The Four Excursions

This group of figures shows an important episode in the Buddha's life story. On four excursions he encountered human suffering. Clearly recognizable at the centre of the group is the body of a deceased person. To his right, a sick man is sitting on the ground, and opposite him is an old man bent with age. On his left, a mendicant monk wearing a robe and a tall hat turns away; over his shoulder he carries a bundle with his personal possessions. 

The scene marks a turning point in the life of the future Buddha. Having encountered all these forms of suffering, he decided to leave his family and his father’s palace and lead the simple life of a monk instead.

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