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  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Four Excursions
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stupa
  • Hotei
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise

Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise

The Taima Mandala is a pictorial meditation guide and illustrates an important text of the Pure Land School.

The left strip describes the plot: a prince pays heed to the evil accusations of an enemy and locks up his parents in prison. The queen seeks help from the Buddha Amitabha. He appears to her, bringing with him a method of meditation that will guide her to rebirth in his Pure Land. 

The central image depicts Buddha Amitabha’s paradise with its magnificent palaces, jewel-clad trees, musicians, dancers, and recently reborn souls sitting on large lotus blossoms.

The right strip gives instructions on how to picture the Pure Land – from sunset and cooling waters, to gardens and palaces, right up to the Buddha and his followers – so that it emerges in one’s own imagination.

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