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  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • The Four Excursions
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Travel Shrine
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Padmasambhava
  • Hotei
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Standing Buddha
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Budai
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Gazelle
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Stupa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bodhidharma
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Standing Tara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
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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