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  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Travel Shrine
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Praying Priest
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Stupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
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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