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  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Praying Priest
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

The Buddha is seated in the diamond posture on a broad-leafed, double lotus throne. In the Buddhist tradition, the lotus serves among other things as a symbol of spiritual growth and awakening. That is why images of awakened beings tend to be seated upon a lotus throne. The Buddha’s left hand rests in his lap; with his right hand he displays the earth-witness gesture. His head of tight curls still reveals traces of lapis lazuli, which was commonly used in Tibet for ritual ornamentation. This figure was quite probably cast in eastern Tibet: its face is strongly reminiscent of contemporaneous Chinese pieces. Tibetan work that shows Chinese influences is described as “Sino-Tibetan”.

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