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  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Machig Labdrön
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Padmasambhava
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Budai
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
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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