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  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Travel Shrine
  • Standing Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Tara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
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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