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  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Budai
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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