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  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Gazelle
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
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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