Art

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