Art

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