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  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Budai
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

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
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
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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