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  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Four Excursions
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Praying Priest
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Padmasambhava
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Hotei
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Travel Shrine
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Stupa
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
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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