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Art

  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Hotei
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
Guhyamanjuvajra

Guhyamanjuvajra

Guhyamanjuvajra is the embodiment of a complex philosophical text: every detail in this figure has a symbolic meaning and refers to a specific viewpoint. As they meditate, practitioners concentrate on each element, allowing it to appear before their mind’s eye, and ultimately they come to identify with the deity. 

Guhyamanjuvajra is shown in sexual union with his consort. The fusion of the female and male principles symbolizes the elimination of opposites and thus refers to the All-encompassing.

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