Art

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