Art

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