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  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhidharma
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
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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