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  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Praying Priest
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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