Art

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