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  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Stupa
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Praying Priest
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Budai
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
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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