Art

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