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  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Bodhidharma
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Gazelle
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Budai
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Praying Priest
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Travel Shrine
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • The Four Excursions
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Hotei
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Standing Tara
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni

Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni

Monks, bodhisattvas, and guardian figures surround the Buddha on this almost 1,500-year old stela from China. Each one of them is a member of the Buddhist community in his own special way. 

Audio Description

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What is the story behind this crowded stone panel?

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni

You’re at the Museum Rietberg, standing before this work of art?

Rear of the Votive Stela

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Rear of the Votive Stela

Main hall of Changle monastery, northern Xiangtangshan, Henan province, China

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Main hall of Changle monastery, northern Xiangtangshan, Henan province, China

Votive stelae were erected in the courtyard of a Buddhist temple but you also often found them standing in a village or at a crossroads.

More stories

Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family

What Is the Sangha?

The Buddha Begins Teaching

The Core Teachings of the Buddha

Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion

Karma and Rebirth

Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening

Buddha Figures

Buddha Shakyamuni

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

Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha

Rituals

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