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  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Bodhidharma
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
  • Head of a Monk
  • Gazelle
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Standing Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
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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