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  • Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Praying Priest
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Gazelle
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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