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Art

  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This scroll, part of a series, shows the Buddha's legendary pupils in a picturesque and highly detailed mountain landscape.

Mythical snow lions can be seen on the snow-covered mountain peaks, and yogis and monks perform ritual exercises in the caves at the bottom.

The four arhats are clearly identifiable by their symbols. Kalika, in the lower left, is holding two golden earrings. The story goes that he made them out of the jewellery which the gods in heaven gave him for his impressive teaching. Although he lived in stark poverty, he wore the earrings as a reminder that his instruction had opened the gods’ ears.

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