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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Padmasambhava
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Budai
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri

Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri

This scene portrays the Buddha taming Nalagiri, a wild elephant sent to kill him.

Devadatta, a former disciple and later rival of the Buddha, had attempted to oust him several times. When his efforts failed, he sought to murder the Buddha by asking a mahout to set the powerful elephant Nalagiri on the Buddha. Nalagiri was first given alcohol, but when he raced towards the Buddha, the latter stood his ground and was able to calm the animal.

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