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  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Gazelle
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Padmasambhava
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Hotei
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Excursions
  • Six Persimmons
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • 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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