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Art

  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Praying Priest
  • Travel Shrine
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Gazelle
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Hotei
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
Standing Buddha Shakyamuni

Standing Buddha Shakyamuni

This Buddha Shakyamuni is another typical example of Gandharan art. It stood in a niche within a temple or monastery. In the relief on its base, another Buddha sits enthroned; he is framed by two figures whose robes, folded hands, and shaved heads (tonsures) identify them as monks. Because this type of image was widespread, the original appearance of the damaged sections is known: the Buddha’s missing right hand was raised in the gesture of fearlessness as an expression of openness and receptiveness; his left hand is assumed to have held the hem of his monk's robe.

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