Art

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

Standing Buddha Shakyamuni

In the art of the Himalayas, Buddha Shakyamuni is generally portrayed sitting with crossed legs in the lotus position, but some figures and paintings do show him standing.

This ungilded brass figure shows the Buddha standing upon a double lotus atop a stepped plinth. His posture is rigid, and his close-fitting robe is unwrinkled. His hands are clasped in the gesture of meditation.