Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern

Dimensions: Height 57.0 cm, Width 35.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • fo xin the mind of the buddha regular script hanging scroll modern ink paper

Despite his Confucian educational background, Zhao Puchu received a tantric empowerment from the Ninth Panchen Lama in 1934, to be a devout lay Buddhist. He devoted his whole life to the country and people, and exemplified the word 'compassion' in his Buddhist practice of 'inward looking' and 'outward looking'. This two-character work represents his large-character calligraphy, and the small-character comment at the end reads that 'the mind of the Buddha is great compassion'. This work reminds all beings of following the mind of the Buddha while showing great compassion to others.