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  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Budai
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Four Excursions
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Hotei
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Six Persimmons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stupa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
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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