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Art

  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Hotei
  • Standing Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Budai
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Gazelle
  • Six Persimmons
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
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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