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Art

  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Budai
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gazelle
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • 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 Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
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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