Art

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