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  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei
  • Six Persimmons
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Budai
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Tara
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Head of the Buddha
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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