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  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bodhidharma
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Gazelle
  • Six Persimmons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
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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