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  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Budai
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
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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