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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava
  • Budai
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Praying Priest
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
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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