Art

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

Sitatara, White Tara

Tara, the female Bodhisattva, is said to have once originated from the tears of Avalokiteshvara. She embodies absolute compassion and represents female perfection at the same time.

Audio Description

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

What mood does this sculpture express?

https://rietberg.fluxguide.com/fluxguide/Sitatara

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