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  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Travel Shrine
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Budai
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • Praying Priest
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Monk
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu

Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu

In Zen Buddhist schools, the personal relationship between master and pupil plays a central role. In many cases the masters are able to guide their pupils on to the right path without words, on the strength of their personality and empathy alone. 

Portraits like this are meant to call to mind the masters and evoke their presence, even when they are absent or have died. The images often bear an inscription with a personal dedication by the respective master.

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