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Art

  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Excursions
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Praying Priest
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Hotei
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Tara
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
Budai

Budai

Budai, the “pot-bellied Buddha”, has not always served as a talisman at the entrance of Chinese restaurants. It is told that he once used to be a selfless monk before becoming a deity. 

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Do you recognize this jolly figure with his great big belly?

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You’re at the Museum Rietberg, standing before this work of art?

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Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats

Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma

Zen Buddhism

Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family

What Is the Sangha?

Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha

Rituals

The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)

Meditation

The Buddha Begins Teaching

The Core Teachings of the Buddha

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