Art

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