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  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • 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
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bodhidharma
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
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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