Art

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