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  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Gazelle
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Tara
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • 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
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Hotei
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmatala 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

The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This scroll is from a series of representations featuring the Buddha’s legendary pupils. They are each equipped with different attributes, while the different shades of skin suggest in which area of Asia they were active. 

Panthaka, for instance, who is holding a book, is said to have taught in the Himalayas; Nagasena. who is carrying a vase of jewels and a rattle stick, spread the Buddhist teachings among the gods in heaven. Abheda was given a stupa by the Buddha to protect him against evil spirits when he travelled to the mountains of Tibet to win the people over to Buddhism.

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