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Art

  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Praying Priest
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Six Persimmons
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Travel Shrine
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial 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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