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  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Praying Priest
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Stupa
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • 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
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Tara
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha

Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha

On the left of this heavily undercut relief, Buddha Shakyamuni is seated in deep meditation. At the other end of the scene is Mara, the god of death, in deep despair. He had tried in vain to prevent the Buddha from awakening. He had even sent his three beautiful daughters to seduce him with their physical charms, as can be seen in the image, but with no success. They could not wrench him from his deep contemplation, nor could the three terrifying demons pushing into the scene at the top right.

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