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  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Praying Priest
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Gazelle
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • 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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