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  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • 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
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Tara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
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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