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Art

  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Praying Priest
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Budai
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
The Buddha Begins Teaching

The Buddha Begins Teaching

This relief follows a standardized iconographic programme. The Buddha sits enthroned within a niche framed by two pillars; a magic face is visible above its arch. The Buddha wears a close-fitting, unpleated robe; only its hems are visible. He is shown instructing his disciples, his hands displaying the gesture of setting in motion the Wheel of the Law. The wheel is shown in his right hand, and again beneath his lotus throne, where it is flanked by two gazelles from the park at Sarnath. These, too, are symbols of Buddhism.

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