Art

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