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Art

  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
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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