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  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Gazelle
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
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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