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  • Six Persimmons
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Budai
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Hotei
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
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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