Five Hundred Arhats No.57 · The Venerable of Effortless Wisdom and Goodness | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Zen Buddhist Figure Painting | 100×50cm

Five Hundred Arhats · No.57 The Venerable of Effortless Wisdom and Goodness

'Effortless' means no contrived exertion, and 'wisdom and goodness' are the natural perfection of wisdom and wholesome roots. The venerable is at ease and unforced, embodying the self-fulfilled bearing of one in whom wisdom and virtue are complete through spontaneous suchness.

Painted by Li Zongyi in the freehand Chinese ink (xieyi) tradition, the brushwork is fluent and the ink tones layered from dense to pale, capturing the arhat’s spirit in a few assured strokes. The blank paper itself breathes Zen; figure and spirit are one, blending monastic solemnity with the literati’s ease. Each of the Five Hundred Arhats bears its own name and practice, uniting faith, art and collectibility — an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.

Size: approx. 100×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink Zen Buddhist figure painting | On paper