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  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Praying Priest
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight

Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight

Large numbers of illustrated sutras such as this were produced in China. The cost of producing them was often borne by patrons who then distributed them for free at their local temple. 

This pamphlet contains invocations to Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Reciting texts like these was thought to be extremely effective: it protected a devotee from harm and suffering, could cure illness, and result in many children. Anecdotes about the miraculous effects of reciting these texts boosted the production of these pamphlets in China, particularly during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

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