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  • Stupa
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Budai
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gazelle
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • 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
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Six Persimmons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Padmasambhava
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Four Excursions
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
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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