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  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stupa
  • Travel Shrine
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Bodhidharma
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Stupa
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Machig Labdrön
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Hotei
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Praying Priest
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Budai
The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)

The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)

In this picture scroll, the prominent figure painter Chen Hongshou portrays Bai Juyi (722–846), the famous poet of the Tang dynasty (618–907). He is shown engrossed in his favourite pastimes, one of which is meditation. 

When Buddhism arrived in China, the country’s intellectual elite began to explore its complex philosophical ideas. They even incorporated its various meditation practices into their own system of intellectual pursuits.

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