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Art

  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gazelle
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Travel Shrine
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Standing Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • 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
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Maitreya
Standing Monk with Hands Folded

Standing Monk with Hands Folded

Standing erect, this monk holds his hands folded in front of his chest in the “anjali” gesture, which expresses respectful salutation and ritual worship. Both feet are missing. The robe flutters around his legs and is so fine that his nipples are visible. His head is covered in tight curls. His earlobes are elongated as often seen in buddha figures, where they signify the rejection of worldly possessions. Perhaps the intention here is similar, as monks, too, renounce material goods such as jewellery.

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