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Art

  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
Gazelle

Gazelle

According to legend, the Buddha is said to have taught for the first time in the gazelle park of Benares. Ever since, gazelles have served as a symbol of the Buddha’s teachings. Even today, two gazelles along with a wheel are featured on the ridge of every teaching hall in every Tibetan monastery. This gazelle, too, probably once flanked the Wheel of the Law. Despite the horn on its forehead, it bears no relation to the mythical unicorn of European legends; instead, the horn identifies the animal as a male, which originally formed a pair with a hornless female.

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