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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • 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)
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Budai
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Travel Shrine
  • Hotei
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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