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Art

  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Six Persimmons
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Budai
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Gazelle
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
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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