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  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Tara
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
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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