Archival Note Card - Buddha Room | Station 4

A red-walled temple court faces a rushing blue river full of tiny swimmers.

This is an archival note card from the Buddha Room series showing the stage of accomplishment in worldly arts. It is archival paper. Buddhist art commonly organizes the Buddha's biography into a numbered series of scenes, so that each stage can be read as a step on a path. At upper left, a red and gold temple with a stepped roof stands on a blue plaza. A river tumbles through the lower half with several small bathers, and green banks and slender trees fill the right side. It is 5 inches long and 7 high.

Plenty of water and a crowd that all seem content.