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  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • 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
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This scroll is from a series of representations showing the Buddha’s legendary pupils. At the top left, we see the arhat Bakula carrying a jewel-spitting mongoose in his left arm. It symbolizes the wish to liberate all suffering people from poverty.

The picture of the four masters features numerous charming details. Especially noteworthy are the four small admirers. Their clothing tells us they are from different regions in Asia: China, the Middle East, southern India, and northern India. At the back on the right, a man is holding a tall fan which itself depicts a miniature landscape.

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