OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000005This item combines the Sutra of Bequeathed Teachings and the Diamond Prajñāpāramitā Sutra, attributed as translated by Kumārajīva and calligraphed by Li Rusong, dated 1599.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000010“Arhats Painted on Bodhi Leaves with Inscribed Eulogies” is a Buddhist visual work depicting the Sixteen Arhats painted and inscribed with eulogies on bodhi leaves, reflecting Arhat devotion and late Qing Buddhist painting and calligraphy practices.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000011“Eighteen Arhats Painted on Bodhi Leaves” is a Qing dynasty album of Eighteen Arhats painted on bodhi leaves, a visual work combining Buddhist Arhat devotion with leaf painting.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000014“Album of the Manifestation of the Longevity Figure (Amitayus Buddha)” is a Qing dynasty colored Buddhist painting album on paper, whose title points to imagery of Amitayus Buddha and beliefs in longevity.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000015“Arhats Painted on Bodhi Leaves” is a Buddhist visual work on bodhi leaves produced in the Guangdong region around the eighteenth century, primarily featuring Arhat imagery.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000016“Collection of Colored Buddhist Images Painted on Bodhi Leaves” is an eighteenth-century Buddhist painting collection on bodhi leaves, containing multiple colored images of Buddhist figures and reflecting the relationship among the bodhi-leaf medium, Buddhist devotional imagery, Qing dynasty export art, and temple art.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000018This item combines Bodhi leaf painting with two Prajñā scriptures, the Heart Sutra of Prajñāpāramitā and the Diamond Prajñāpāramitā Sutra, possessing the value of Buddhist imagery, scripture transcription, and devotional material culture.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000028The Verses on the Ten Oxherding Pictures uses ten images symbolizing searching for the ox, seeing the tracks, obtaining the ox, herding the ox, forgetting the ox, and so forth to represent the process of Chan cultivation from delusion to enlightenment. It is a highly representative combination of images and verses in Chinese Chan Buddhism.
OPENSUTRA_ORG_0000031The “Illustrated Praises of the Sixteen Arhats” is an imperial mud-gold painted album from the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, consisting of images and praise texts for the sixteen arhat venerables, reflecting court Buddhist painting, arhat devotion, and the tradition of encomiastic inscriptions.