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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharmatala 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
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing 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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