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  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Monk
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Budai
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of the Buddha
Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana

Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana

The death of the Buddha is a highly significant moment, for in dying he attained nirvana and thus finally overcame the eternal cycle of death and rebirth. 

In this picture, many different beings are gathered around the Buddha's deathbed and react in various ways to his demise. The bodhisattvas, themselves far advanced on the path to ultimate insight, know that the Buddha has now achieved his goal. The monks and pupils of the Buddha mourn the passing of their teacher. The animals surrender completely to their grief over the loss of their sublime master.

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