Art

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