• DE
  • /
  • EN
Stories ABC Art Clicks Tour

Art

  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • The Four Excursions
  • Hotei
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Budai
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Gazelle
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Standing Buddha
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Stupa
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Padmasambhava
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Six Persimmons
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Head of a Monk
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Standing Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Bodhidharma
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

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

This is the leftmost scroll in the series of 7 thangkas. It shows two of the four guardians of the universe who defend the Buddhist teachings in all four directions. They are depicted as generals in armour.

Above the scene, the Chinese monk Huashang is depicted with a fat belly and a laughing face. Playful children are jumping on and around him. According to the Tibetan tradition, he is said to have delivered an invitation from the Chinese emperor to the 16 arhats. In Tibet, Huashang is considered the 18th arhat.

Supported by

Logo Ho Foundation
  • About the app
  • Easy language
  • Museum Rietberg
  • Legal notice
  • Imprint
  • Stadt_ZH
#KlickNirvana
comenius-siegel-2021

©2021 Museum Rietberg