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  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Monk
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Bodhidharma
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Hotei
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Travel Shrine
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Tara
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life 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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