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  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Gazelle
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Praying Priest
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • 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
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Budai
  • Travel Shrine
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Vijaya Stupa
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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