Art

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