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  • The Four Excursions
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Travel Shrine
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Hotei
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
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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