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  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Budai
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
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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