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Art

  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Budai
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • 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
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
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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