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  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Budai
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Praying Priest
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Buddha
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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