Art

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

Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant

Legend has it that the Buddha took his first steps immediately upon being born. With his right hand, he pointed to heaven; with his left hand he pointed to the ground and stated that in this lifetime he would attain Buddhahood and free all beings from their suffering.

That is the very moment captured in this small metal figure. The Buddha is portrayed as a naked, chubby infant, and does not yet bear the typical markings of a buddha.