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  • Hotei
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Padmasambhava
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • 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 Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Six Persimmons
  • Stupa
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
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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