• DE
  • /
  • EN
Stories ABC Art Clicks Tour

Art

  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Head of a Monk
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Gazelle
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

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

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Budai
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Padmasambhava
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Bodhidharma
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Four Excursions
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Travel Shrine
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Standing Tara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Praying Priest
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Hotei
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Six Persimmons
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Stupa
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • State Oracle Garment
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

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Icon Audiodeskription

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

Supported by

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

©2021 Museum Rietberg