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  • 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
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Praying Priest
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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