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  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Hotei
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Padmasambhava
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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