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  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Budai
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Praying Priest
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This scroll is from a series of representations showing the Buddha’s legendary pupils. Four of them are depicted in each picture in their typical clothing and equipped with certain attributes. 

In the upper left is Kanakavasta holding a jewel chain, a gift from the serpent-kings for having taught them about Buddhism. Vajriputra, holding a fly whisk in the upper right, is said to have taught in Sri Lanka, while the arhat Bhadra, in the lower right with one hand raised, spread the teachings in northern India near the Yamuna and Ganga rivers. In the lower left, seated in deep meditation, is Kanaka Bharadvaja, who was known for his generosity.

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