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  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bodhidharma
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Gazelle
  • Standing Tara
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • 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
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Six Persimmons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

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 Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Hotei
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Praying Priest
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Rectangular Coin
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Budai
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
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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