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  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Praying Priest
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Gazelle
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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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