Art

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