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  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Hotei
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
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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