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Art

  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Travel Shrine
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei
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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