Art

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