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  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Budai
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Hotei
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Gazelle
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
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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