Question

What is the position called that a Buddha sits in?

Answer 1

Padmāsana means "Lotus throne" and is also a term for actual thrones, often decorated with lotus foliage motifs, on which figures in art sit.  In Chinese Buddhism, the lotus position is also called the "vajra position" (Skt. vajrāsana, Ch.

Answer 2

Explanation:

lotus position

Thomas Tweed wrote in 2008 that "the prevailing image of Buddhist practice has been the solitary meditator, eyes half closed, sitting in the lotus position."