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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Machig Labdrön
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Bodhidharma
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Head of a Monk
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Budai
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Praying Priest
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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