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  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Gazelle
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Budai
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated 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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