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  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Gazelle
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Six Persimmons
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Budai
  • Hotei
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Travel Shrine
  • Praying Priest
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Bodhisattva
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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