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  • Standing Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Praying Priest
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gazelle
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • 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
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Six Persimmons
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
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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