Art

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