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Buddhist art

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.

Labouring hard at poems.

I clean my inkstone not just to paint, but to reveal the images in my mind.

By Buddhism Now on 1 September 2018 • ( 0 )

It is not necessary to limit oneself to one style. Dai Benxiao

Hotei, Japan, Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716) © Metropolitan Museum of Art

Who is the Laughing Buddha?

By Buddhism Now on 29 June 2018 • ( 1 )

Pointing at the moon, looking at the moon, I’m just an old traveler along the way.

Seated Bodhisattva, Japan, dated 606 or 666. Horyuji Treasure. © Tokyo National Museum

Seated Bodhisattva

By Buddhism Now on 25 May 2018 • ( 3 )

Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent. Japan, Asuka or Nara Period dated 606 or 666.