Turn Inward If You Wish to Find Buddha (Hui Xin Ji Shi Fo)
Artist
He Lishan (Jim Hardesty)
(American, 1945–2021)
Date2000
MediumHanging scroll: ink on paper
Dimensions50 3/8 × 13 7/16 inches (128 × 34.1 cm)
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Credit LineGift of the artist
Terms
- Calligraphy
- Scroll
- Chinese
- Hanging scroll: ink
- Buddhism
- Paper
Object number2001.029.003
Label CopyLocal artist Jim Hardesty studied Chinese language, literature and art history at Princeton University. He later lived in Taiwan, where he studied painting, calligraphy and seal carving under Wang Beiyue.
This line sums up the teachings of Chan Buddhism: that the Buddha nature is in all sentient beings.
Collections
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