Art

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