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  • Budai
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Gazelle
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Praying Priest
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Four Excursions
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Budai

Budai

Budai, the “pot-bellied Buddha”, has not always served as a talisman at the entrance of Chinese restaurants. It is told that he once used to be a selfless monk before becoming a deity. 

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Buddha Shakyamuni

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

Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma

Zen Buddhism

Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family

What Is the Sangha?

Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha

Rituals

The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)

Meditation

The Buddha Begins Teaching

The Core Teachings of the Buddha

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