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  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • 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 Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Travel Shrine
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
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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