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Art

  • Head of a Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Budai
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Travel Shrine
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Six Persimmons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
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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