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  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stupa
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
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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