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Art

  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Praying Priest
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
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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