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  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Budai
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
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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