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Art

  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Praying Priest
  • Budai
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
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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