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  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Budai
  • Praying Priest
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Four Excursions
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Bodhidharma
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Hotei
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
State Oracle Garment

State Oracle Garment

In the Tibetan tradition, the term “oracle” applies to the spirit of a deity that enters a medium – either a man or a woman – like a “vessel” and speaks through that person’s mouth. The Nechung state oracle holds sway over all others.

This ritual garment was made for the Nechung state oracle, which today is located in Dharamsala, India, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Since it did not fit the current medium, the Museum Rietberg was able to purchase it.

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