Comments on: Fat Buddha, Skinny Buddha, Laughing Buddha

By: buddha hater

buddha hater — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:42:24 +0000

wow i never thought he would be so skinny

By: Roger Sanchez

Roger Sanchez — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:29:23 +0000

I have collected a rare pair of dark hardwood lauphing Buddhas that have white teeth and some eyes made of either ivory or white jade. They stand about 10-12 inches high and have laughing Children climbing on them. Collected from Okinawa in 1944. Can anyone tell me about them.

By: candace

candace — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:18:06 +0000

Growing up, I knew of Buddhism but nothing more than the history of Buddha and meditation (thanks to public school ). At some point several years ago, I purchased a tiny figure of a fat, happy buddha(who i now know as Budai) and kept it on a shelf. I remember a time when I stayed the night at a friend’s house, her mother had a couple Buddha statues. She told me that her mother said that if a Buddha’s statue is turned around, you will get pregnant (or something humorously similar). Recently, I rediscovered Buddhism and wanted to explore more. I still had the little figure and then realized when I woke up one morning, there was Budai grinning at me while I brushed my teeth.

By: Abe Simpson

Abe Simpson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:00:28 +0000

Keep in mind the image of Buddha is only a recent development and is highly influenced by local custom and artistic style.

The statue of the Buddha is a reminder. We have a great Budai statue with children climbing all over him to remind us of the importance our child has on our lives and our practice.

By: Brian Schell

Brian Schell — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:56:17 +0000

Actually, not necessarily.

Siddhartha Gautama is my preferred spelling, but it’s been published many other ways. Siddhatta, Siddarta, Gotoma, Gautaum, and many other variations. The thing is that it’s not originally an English name, and the sounds that make up that name are not precisely translatable into phonetic English. Depending on the country of origin of whatever writer is talking about the Buddha, there are various ways to spell the name, all more or less acceptable.

By: orange juice

orange juice — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:37:03 +0000

you spelled siddhartha gautama wrong

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:49:48 +0000

I found this a really fun question. Google the image of buddha and it is amazing the styles that come up! I’ve seen laughing buddhas, weeping buddhas, reclining buddhas, buddhas with eyes open/eyes closed, buddhas with wavy lines for hair in a Japanese topknot, buddhas with little points all over the head where the hair would normally be, buddhas with hands in the lap, buddhas with one arm raised…I spent an entire morning online just comparing all the differences (just for the fun of it, not for any specific reason)!

The smiling, pointy-head buddha with eyes closed seems to appeal to me the most because it always brings to mind the message, “Go within.”

By: Colin

Colin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:26:18 +0000

Hi there

My first image of Buddha was the Buddha from the TV series Monkey, and I feel that seeing the Buddha in that image made it easier for me to understand alot more about Buddism than just reading aobut it…