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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
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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