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  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Avalokiteshvara, 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
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Budai
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Hotei
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Praying Priest
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Travel Shrine
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • State Oracle Garment
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Tara
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

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

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Stupa
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Six Persimmons
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Padmasambhava
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Excursions
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Stupa
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhidharma
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
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. 

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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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