• DE
  • /
  • EN
Stories ABC Art Clicks Tour

Art

  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Hotei
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Standing Buddha
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Travel Shrine
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Praying Priest
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils

From a series of 7 thangkas
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Empress Jito,
from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Stupa
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Padmasambhava
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers,  fragment of a baluster
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Bodhidharma
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Head of a Monk
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Budai
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Stupa
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Standing Tara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola 

From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Machig Labdrön
  • The Four Excursions
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Head of a Buddha
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
The Prophecy of the Wise Asita

The Prophecy of the Wise Asita

The piece shows the bearded sage Asita, on the left, holding the infant Prince Siddhartha on his lap. (The prince's father is seated on the right.)

Asita had heard about the birth of Siddhartha, the future Buddha, and made his way to Kapilavastu to see the boy. The sage recognized in the child the 32 signs of a “great man” and, having no doubts, identified the boy as the future Ruler of the World. He also foresaw that Siddhartha would leave his parents’ home in search of religious fulfilment.

Supported by

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

©2021 Museum Rietberg