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  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Padmasambhava
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Bodhidharma
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Praying Priest
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Stupa
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Gazelle
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Budai
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Stupa
  • Standing Tara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Head of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • 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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