Art

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