The laughing buddha?

[michaellangelo]

vajradhara, you mentioned that you have various statues representing lord buddha and various boddhisattvas ..its made me curious, does that mean that different buddha status represent different buddhist figures? is this right?




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[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by michaellangelo

vajradhara, you mentioned that you have various statues representing lord buddha and various boddhisattvas ..its made me curious, does that mean that different buddha status represent different buddhist figures? is this right?




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Namaste Michaellangelo,

thank you for the post.

yes, both points are correct... i have multiple statues of different beings representative of different aspects of the Buddhist process of Awakening.

for instance, the oft seen but rarely recognized Ho Tei. Ho Tei is the Buddhist looking fellow with the large belly, the proto-typically "buddhabelly". this being is, in fact, not a Buddha but a Bodhisattva whilst the difference is a technical one, they are different.

those interested in such things are invited to take a look at this link:

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhi...hism/enter.asp#


of course, there are multiple Buddhas as well

metta,

~v

[michaellangelo]

thats impressive. i knew briefly about the 'laughing buddha', but had no idea that each statue was a representation of various people. thankyou for the link Vajradhara, very usefull



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