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  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhidharma
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Travel Shrine
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Budai
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Praying Priest
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Four Excursions
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • Gazelle
  • Hotei
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monk
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
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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