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  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Travel Shrine
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Gazelle
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Padmasambhava
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Tara
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Four Excursions
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
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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