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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Praying Priest
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Four Excursions
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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