Art

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