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  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Six Persimmons
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Budai
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Travel Shrine
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
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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