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Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Hotei
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Excursions
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Budai
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Buddha
  • 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
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • Praying Priest
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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