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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Praying Priest
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Budai
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • State Oracle Garment
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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