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  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Four Excursions
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra

Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is one of the most popular and influential Buddhist texts in East Asia. As the act of copying sacred texts was believed to earn a person merit, this particular text was copied countless times. Wealthy individuals often gifted valuable copies – such as this one with gold lettering on indigo blue paper – to temples. 
 

This small fragment of four lines of text is from a long scroll that itself belonged to a set of several scrolls. Given its age, it is possible that the original scrolls suffered some damage; at some point this fragment was mounted as a picture. 

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