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  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • 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’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Seated Bodhisattva
The Prophecy of the Wise Asita

The Prophecy of the Wise Asita

The piece shows the bearded sage Asita, on the left, holding the infant Prince Siddhartha on his lap. (The prince's father is seated on the right.)

Asita had heard about the birth of Siddhartha, the future Buddha, and made his way to Kapilavastu to see the boy. The sage recognized in the child the 32 signs of a “great man” and, having no doubts, identified the boy as the future Ruler of the World. He also foresaw that Siddhartha would leave his parents’ home in search of religious fulfilment.

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