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Art

  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Hotei
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
Female Monkey with Her Young

Female Monkey with Her Young

In Buddhism, monkeys stand for discontent and the constant craving for more and better. Humans are compared to a monkey who has just picked a fruit but then sees one higher up in the tree that looks even more tempting. So he throws away the first fruit and climbs higher. This goes on and on until he reaches the top, empty-handed but still hungry.

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