Art

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