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  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Four Excursions
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Praying Priest
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Travel Shrine
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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