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Art

  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • 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
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Travel Shrine
  • Gazelle
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
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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