Art

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