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  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Budai
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Four Excursions
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Hotei
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Head of a Monk
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Tara
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
Buddhist Monk

Buddhist Monk

This restrained figure of a monk from China was one of the first Buddhist statues owned by Eduard von der Heydt, the founding donor of the Museum Rietberg. An old photograph indicates that he must have owned it even before 1917.

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