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Art

  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
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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