Art

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