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  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Six Persimmons
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • 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 Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
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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