Art

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