Art

  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Travel Shrine
  • Budai
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Hotei
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Stupa
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Head of a Monk
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Tara
Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap

Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap

This three-quarter portrait is in keeping with standard images of Zen Buddhist priests. The master is seated in the meditation position with his legs crossed on an ornamentally carved, seat, his shoes are on a small footstool. Over his simple garment he wears a precious gold brocade wrap. In one hand he holds a stick which he uses to smack his pupils seated in meditation on the back to stop them from falling asleep. His gaze avoids the viewer and is fixed on a point hidden to us.