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Art

  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Budai
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
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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