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Art

  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • 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
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
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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