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  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Praying Priest
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Budai
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Six Persimmons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
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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