Art

Unidentified Arhat
China, 17th century
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Standing Arhat
China, Dated 1439
Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo (1012-1088)
Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Padmasambhava in His Pure Realm, the Copper-Colored Mountain
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Lokeshvara
Nepal, 16th-17th century
Life Story of Nangsa Wobum
New York City, 2020
Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Central Tibet, 19th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Green Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Four Arhats
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Five Arhats: Ajita, Kalika, Vanavasin, Vajriputra, Bhadra
Tibet, 18th century
Copy of the Sandalwood Buddha (rgya nag gi tsandan jo bo)
Tibet, 18th century
Chogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) initiating Qubilai Khan (1215–1294)
Tibet, ca. 16th-17th century
Buddha's Birth, from a set of the Twelve Deeds of the Buddha
Eastern Tibet, Kham Province, Derge Printing House, after 1960
Buddha Amitayus
Bhutan, late 19th or early 20th century
Buddha Amitayus
Tibet, 17th century
Buddha Amitabha in the Pure Realm of Sukhavati
Central Tibet, 19th 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 in his Potala Pure Realm
Tibet, 19th century
Avalokiteshvara in his Potala Pure Land
Tibet, late 18th–early 19th century
Avalokiteshvara
Tibet, 12th century
Arhat Rahula
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Rahula
China, 1736–1795
Arhat Pantaka
China or Tibet, 17th - 18th century
Arhat Nagasena
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Gopaka
Tibet, 18th century
Arhat Abheda
Tibet, 16th century
Arhat Chudapantaka
Tibet, late 15th century
Arhat Ajita
Tibet or China, 17th century

Spiral

Awake
A poem on remembering and turning the mind
The Power and Purpose of Human Intention in Buddhism
Good intentions offer the possibility of liberation in Buddhism
Waking Up to Power Is a Spiritual Practice
How meditation and activism can work together to quiet the mind in a loud, troubled world
Listening and Liberation: The World Is Sound
An exhibition ventures into the power of sound and practice of listening

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