Art

  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Hotei
  • The Four Excursions
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Padmasambhava
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Stupa
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Praying Priest
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Bodhidharma
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Standing Buddha
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Six Persimmons
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Travel Shrine
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Budai
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Gazelle
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
Standing Bodhisattva

Standing Bodhisattva

Off you go, headless! This appears to have been the fate of this figure when it was removed from its original location in a sacred cave and carted off to Europe.

Audio Description

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How did this headless body reach Switzerland?

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

Western wall of cave 14, Tianlongshan Grottoes, Shanxi province, China

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Western wall of cave 14, Tianlongshan Grottoes, Shanxi province, China

The figure of the Bodhisattva in cave 14 at the Tianlongshan Grottoes before it was looted, around 1920.