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  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
Buddha Shakyamuni

Buddha Shakyamuni

This Buddha sits with his legs crossed in what is known as the lotus position. His right hand rests upon his knee, his fingers pointing downwards; his left hand rests in his lap in the gesture of meditation. These gestures allude to the profound meditative state that eventually led the Buddha to supreme knowledge. 

The elongated earlobes, the three creases around his neck, the curl of hair on his forehead, the protuberance on the crown of his head, and the snail-shell hairstyle are typical features in artistic representations of the Buddha.

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