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  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of a Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
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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