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  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Travel Shrine
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Budai
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Gazelle
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • 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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