Art

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