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.
![Buddha Shakyamuni
From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/rti-114-a_ok.png)
Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana
![Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/rjp-445_ok.png)
Zen Buddhism
![Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/thema4_schulen_rch116__001.png)
What Is the Sangha?
![Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/200764_ok.png)
Rituals
![The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/rch-1023.jpg)
Meditation
![The Buddha Begins Teaching](https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/public/content/fluxguide/exhibitions/1/ba-6_ok.png)