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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Stupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Hotei
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Budai
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • 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
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
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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