Next Stop Nirvana – Approaches to Buddhism November 2018 - March 2019

The Rietberg newsletter promised that:

A collection of gemstones, still venerated as relics by millions of people today along with the sacred remains of the Buddha, is being shown for the first time in Switzerland.

Press reaction suggests visitors were not disappointed:

‘The biggest sensation of the Zurich exhibition. The collection of small semiprecious stones, mostly in flower form, were once placed in the grave of the Buddha’. Deutsche Welle

‘The Chinese monk made a long journey, and he did it because Next Stop Nirvana (until March 31st 2019) is not an exhibition like the others. “Why am I here? Because for the first time I can see for myself what I have studied in books: these are very sacred objects for us Buddhists,” he says.’ Italian Vogue

‘The highlight of the exhibition’ Le temps.

Pictures 1-3 by Caroline Minjolle courtesy of Museum Rietberg