Art

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