Art

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