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  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Six Persimmons
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Amida
Six Persimmons

Six Persimmons

This picture pays homage to one of the most renowned masterpieces of Zen art. In the 13th century, the Chinese Zen monk Muqi (ca 1210–1269) painted six persimmons in pure ink. A hallmark of the depiction is the systematic reduction of the motif. The fruits, lined up in a row except for one, are differentiated only by the tonality of the ink.  

Muqi’s picture has been described as the essence of Zen: absolute concentration on the here and now.

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