Chinese Buddhist art

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.

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.

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.

Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture

By Buddhism Now on 20 July 2016 • ( 1 )

As illuminating for new enthusiasts of Chinese Buddhist art as for scholars and connoisseurs, Wisdom Embodied is a glorious tour of the Metropolitan’s unparalleled collection, certain to ear its place as a classic in the field…