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Art

  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Standing Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Budai
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Gazelle
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Hotei
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Stupa
  • 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
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
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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