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  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Six Persimmons
  • Budai
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Praying Priest
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Gazelle
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
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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