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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Budai
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stupa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Hotei
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
Great Stupa at Sanchi

Great Stupa at Sanchi

The Great Stupa at Sanchi is among the most significant Buddhist buildings in India because, despite its great age, it is extremely well preserved. 

Its initial construction phase dates back to the third century BCE, thus making the structure over 2 200 years old. Its gateways with their splendid relief carvings are world famous and are a “must see” for all visitors to India. The Swiss artist Alice Boner visited Sanchi several times during her many trips across India; this photograph was taken by her.

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