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  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Gazelle
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • 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
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Budai
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Tara
  • Stupa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
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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