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  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Budai
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gazelle
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

This is the leftmost scroll in the series of 7 thangkas. It shows two of the four guardians of the universe who defend the Buddhist teachings in all four directions. They are depicted as generals in armour.

Above the scene, the Chinese monk Huashang is depicted with a fat belly and a laughing face. Playful children are jumping on and around him. According to the Tibetan tradition, he is said to have delivered an invitation from the Chinese emperor to the 16 arhats. In Tibet, Huashang is considered the 18th arhat.

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