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  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Four Excursions
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Gazelle
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom

The attributes of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom are a book and a sword with which he cuts through the veil of ignorance. They lie upon the flowers next to his shoulders. Manjushri’s hands display the gesture of teaching. 

The slender body, the fine, close-fitting robe, and the overall elegance and delicacy of this figure are characteristic of work by artists of the Nepalese school.

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