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Art

  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Gazelle
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
The Descent of Buddha Amida

The Descent of Buddha Amida

In the company of two bodhisattvas, Buddha Amitabha (Jap. Amida) looks down on his followers. His hands are folded in the gesture of greeting with which he welcomes the pure souls who are reborn in the “Pure Land of the West”.  

The figures are rendered in gold and decorated with a fine pattern of cut gold leaf.

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