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  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Travel Shrine
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Budai
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Gazelle
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi

Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi

Dakinis are meditation deities. Dancing ecstatically, they appear to practitioners as naked, female beings with wrathful faces, wearing jewellery made of human skulls. Dakinis convey the wisdom of the Buddha in a challenging and extreme manner. 

Vajravarahi, referred to as “Diamond Sow” in Tibet, personifies the elementary force of the recognition of truth. She is depicted dancing ecstatically, completely naked but for her bone jewellery. In her hands she holds a cleaver and a skull cup brimming with blood – attributes intended to remind practitioners of the transient nature of the human body. Vajravarahi can be identified by the boar’s head on the right side of her face. Powerful and dangerous, the boar is a symbol of fearlessness and signifies the power Vajravarahi possesses to overcome the internal and external obstacles on the path to the recognition of truth.

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