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  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Tara
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • 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)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon

Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon

This kammvaca manuscript contains monastic rules from the Pali canon in the Buddhist Theravada tradition. The individual leaves are made of starched fabric coated with lacquer. The book covers are of painted wood. 

Family members donated manuscripts like these when a boy entered a monastery. Every boy in Myanmar spends some time in a monastery. Admission into one is a ritual that marks his transition to adulthood, and is celebrated in families with a feast.

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