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  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Praying Priest
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Gazelle
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Monk
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Budai
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Six Persimmons
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Tara
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
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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