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  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
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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