Art

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