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  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Four Excursions
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Budai
  • Padmasambhava
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Bodhidharma
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Gazelle
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
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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