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  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Budai
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • 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
  • Travel Shrine
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past

Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past

Buddha Dipankara is said to have spread the Buddhist teachings (dharma) across the world at some point in the past. In the process, he announced the coming of Buddha Shakyamuni, the Buddha of our era.

Dipankara's hand gesture refers to “turning the Wheel of the Law” – that is, disseminating the Buddhist teachings. 

He is seated on a high plinth decorated with lions in a lush landscape. His body is surrounded by a shining glow encircled by large flowers. Heavenly beings shower him with blossoms. 

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