Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Padmasambhava
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Travel Shrine
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Tara
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma

Qi Baishi is one of the most famous representatives of modern painting in China. With his unconventional, free, and expressive style, he contributed significantly to the revival of ink painting in the 20th century. 

This image shows the legendary Indian Zen master Bodhidharma sitting in meditation below an overhanging rock. His robe has the appearance of a rock face, and his profile is reflected in the outline of the cliff above him. The artist thus signals the intense concentration of the master of meditation.