Art

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