Art

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