Art

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