One is the Bodhisattva of the Great Path, The other the Patriarch of the Great Buddha. What evidence is there?
Art
Buddhist art
From Academy to Chan: Liang Kai
This last of the four Southern Song Academy masters is shown as providing a bridge between that tradition and the new kind of painting associated with Chan (Zen) Buddhism: why it was preserved almost entirely in Japan and scarcely at all in China. Film 72 minutes
Vajrasattva
At first glance this sculpture appears to represent the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara but is in fact Vajrasattva.
Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Astasahasrika
This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).
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Immortals and Sages: Paintings from Ryoanji Temple
Free PDF download ‘Immortals and Sages: Paintings from Ryoanji Temple’ 58 Pages (24mb)
Hotei
Hotei’s sack encompasses the Great Emptiness.
The Sixteen Buddhist Luohans
In the Chinese popular imagination, mendicant monks, conjurers, and mysterious hermits were often thought to be disguised “living luohans,” or Buddhist holy men capable of producing miracles.