Art

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

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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

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