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  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang 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
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Bodhidharma
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
Sitatara, White Tara

Sitatara, White Tara

Tara, the female Bodhisattva, is said to have once originated from the tears of Avalokiteshvara. She embodies absolute compassion and represents female perfection at the same time.

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