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  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Budai
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Monk
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Standing Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Tara
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Praying Priest
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Four Excursions
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Monastic Rules for Monks

Monastic Rules for Monks

Texts of this kind contain the monastic rules from the Pali canon of the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. These precious manuscripts were produced for novices living in a monastery and who would later take their vows as monks. The individual leaves are fine sheets of ivory that have been gilded and decorated with floral motifs. They once belonged to Johannes Itten, the first director of the Museum Rietberg.

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