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Art

  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Gazelle
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Praying Priest
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
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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