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  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bodhidharma
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Budai
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • 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
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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