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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Stupa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Six Persimmons
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
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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