Art

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