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  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Monk
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • 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
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
Padmasambhava

Padmasambhava

This superbly worked gilt figure represents the great Buddhist teacher Padmasambhava. Known as Guru Rinpoche (“precious teacher”) in Tibet and Bhutan, he is said to have introduced Buddhism to Tibet from India in the 8th or 9th century. 

Padmasambhava sits upon a splendid lotus throne with all his attributes: in his right hand he holds a vajra, and in his left a skull bowl. Resting in the crook of his left arm is his sceptre topped by a trident above carved skulls. Inset with turquoise, his finely worked headpiece shows the sun and moon at the front as symbols of the cosmic unity embodied by Padmasambhava

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