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Art

  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhidharma
  • Rectangular Coin
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Budai
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
The Ascetic Milarepa

The Ascetic Milarepa

Milarepa is one of the great teachers of Tibetan Buddhism. He chose to lead an ascetic life, and lived with no possessions in the seclusion of the mountains. He passed on his insights in the form of songs. 

Milarepa is usually depicted holding up a hand to his right ear. This allows him to listen to the sound of the spheres and the voice of the dharma. Here this great teacher and poet sits on a gazelle skin. In his left hand he holds a skull bowl as used in tantric practice.

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