Art

Buddhist art

Gold painting of Amitabha Bodhisattva Amida Buddha in a scroll containing the Lotus Sutra Japan 1636 © British Library Board

Buddhist manuscripts on show at the British Library

By Buddhism Now on 29 October 2019 • ( 0 )

British Library’s largest ever display of Buddhist collections.

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin),ca. 550–560, China. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bodhisattva, probably Avalokiteshvara.

By Buddhism Now on 27 July 2019 • ( 0 )

Buddhist Art (short film around 8 minutes long).

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes, probably late 1620s–1644, Japan. Painting by Unkoku Tōeki. © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Zen Master with Meditation Staff, and Chinese-Style Landscapes.

By Buddhism Now on 6 July 2019 • ( 0 )

Here we find the common motifs of cliffs, rocky outcrops, pavilions, and a lone figure crossing a bridge.

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Examining a Painting of White-Robed Kannon

By Buddhism Now on 18 May 2019 • ( 0 )

Close looking reveals an extraordinary technical feat: all the pictorial elements are delineated in Chinese characters.

Maitreya Paradise, China, Gansu province, Dunhuang, 945 CE.© President and Fellows of Harvard College

Maitreya’s Paradise

By Buddhism Now on 23 February 2019 • ( 2 )

Maitreya (Chinese, Mi-le) the Buddha of the Future.

Diamond Sutra Cover © 2019 President and Fellows of Harvard College

Why the name of Tathāgata?

By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2019 • ( 4 )

It expresses true suchness.

Hevajra Mandala, Tibet, 15th century © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cosmic Buddhas in Himalayas

By Buddhism Now on 23 December 2018 • ( 0 )

Unlocking the complex world of Himalayan Buddhism.

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century. © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni

By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2018 • ( 1 )

Shakyamuni Buddha, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century.