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  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Budai
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Four Excursions
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Hotei
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Praying Priest
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Head of a Monk
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Six Persimmons
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Bodhidharma
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Stupa
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Tara
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Ushnishavijaya
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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