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  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Four Excursions
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Praying Priest
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
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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