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Art

  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Standing Tara
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Stupa
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Standing Bodhisattva
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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