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  • Standing Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Travel Shrine
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Hotei
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • 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
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Budai
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Four Excursions
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Gazelle
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Six Persimmons
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Stupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
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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