Art

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