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Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Gazelle
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Tara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
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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