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  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • 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
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gazelle
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Padmasambhava
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
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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