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Art

  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Praying Priest
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Monk
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)

Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)

This figure has portrait-like features. The stout body, round face, large ears, and shape of the eyes are found in other figures of the renowned teacher Gendün Gyatso. His robe is richly decorated with a floral motif. His right hand is raised in the gesture of teaching, and his left hand holds a vessel containing a twig inset with turquoise and crystal. 

Gendün Gyatso belonged to the incarnation lineage of the Tibetan Gelug School. He was the abbot of the main monasteries and, thanks to his captivating teaching, was able to expand that school’s influence. When his successor received the honorific title of “Dalai Lama” from the Mongol ruler in 1577, he in turn conferred it on both his predecessors, which is why Gendün Gyatso is now considered to be the 2nd Dalai Lama.

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