Art

A detailed painting showing multiple deities, with a central seated figure and consort above and a fierce multi-armed deity and consort dancing within a ring of flames below. Other smaller deities in various poses are arranged around the three largest deities. A landscape with small human and nonhuman figures appears at the bottom.
Ratnasambhava, Ratna Heruka, and Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
Tibet, 18th century
The Twelve Deeds of the Buddha: Renunciation and Asceticism
Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century
Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)
Central Tibet, late 18th-19th century
Shakyamuni Buddha
Tibet, 19th century
Ratna Vajradhara
Tibet, 18th century
Previous Lives of the Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Bodhisattvas Maitreya and Manjushri in Tushita Pure Realm
Tibet, early 20th century
Orgyen Dorje Chang, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century
Past Lives of Shakyamuni BuddhaAfter Situ’s set of the Past Lives of Shakyamuni Buddha
Kham Region, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Manjushri
Western Tibet, 10th century
Major Events of the Buddha's Life
Northeastern India, 12th century
Loden Chokse, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century
Life Story of Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 19th century
Gandharan-Style Buddha
Afghanistan, 6th-7th century
Crowned Buddha Shakyamuni
Northeastern India, 11th century
Dorje Drolo, One of the Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava
Tibet or Bhutan, 19th century
Dipamkara Buddha
Nepal, Dated by inscription 1853
Crowned Teaching Buddha
Gilgit or Kashmir, 8th century
Buddha Shakymuni and scenes from his life
Tsang Province, Central Tibet, second half of the 14th century
Birth of the Buddha, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha, after a carved woodblock composition attributed to Purbu Tsering of Chamdo (active ca. late 19th century)
Tibet, 20th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 12th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitayus in His Pure Realm
Inner Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Amitayus
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Central Tibet, 14th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet or Bhutan, late 17th-18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni Defeating Mara
Eastern Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Bhutan, 19th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 15th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tsang Region, Central Tibet, 18th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibet, 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Sculpture: China; Throne: Central Tibet, Sculpture: 1403-1424; Throne: ca. 13th century
Buddha Shakyamuni
Karnali Basin, Khasa Malla Kingdom, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century

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