Art

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