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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Excursions
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Budai
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
Pancha Raksha Manuscript

Pancha Raksha Manuscript

The Pancha Raksha, literally “five protectors”, is an early Sanskrit text which contains invocations to the five female tutelary deities associated with the five Transcendent Buddhas. This handwritten manuscript is particularly valuable, not least because it is preserved almost in its entirety – although it is close to 900 years old. This is unusual for palm leaf manuscripts, especially in view of its almost unblemished condition. Such manuscripts often fell prey to insects and humidity. 

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