Vimalakirti
Ink and color on paper
Vimalakirti
CHINA; Qing dynasty
Vimalakirti was a highly regarded lay disciple, an expert in Mahayana teachings who resided in Vaishali. The debate between Vimalakirti and Manjusri Bodhisattva described in the Vimalakirti Sutra was the subject of numerous Tang dynasty (618–907) paintings discovered in the Dunhuang Caves. In this Qing dynasty painting by Luo Pin, Vimalakirti has partly closed eyes, a broad, square face, and a gray beard. Wearing a hat and holding a staff, he bends over a strangely shaped wooden table, lost in thought.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 964.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vimalakirti." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 964.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Vimalakirti" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:964.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Vimalakirti. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 964).
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