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Why is Buddha Fat?
The most commonly held belief for the origin on the Chubby Buddhas is that they were inspired by a portly Zen monk who suddenly appeared in China in the mid 800's (CE). No one seemed to know where he came from, how he arrived or much about ... Read More »
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Why Buddha is fat?
The Buddha is not fat. All statues portraying the historical Buddha show him as slim as befits a man who ate only enough to satisfy hunger not to be full and spent his life wandering over the countryside. The statues of the "fat Buddha" are... Read More »
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Why was Buddha so fat?
He actually wasn't fat. In fact, he almost starved himself to death! When he died, he became a God, and Buddhists thought that all Gods should be fat to show that they had a good life and had everything. So now people rub his belly for good... Read More »
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The Buddha is not fat. All statues portraying the historical Buddha show him as slim as befits a man who ate only enough to satisfy hunger not to be full and spent his life wandering over the countryside. The statues of the "fat Buddha" are...
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The fat man is not the Buddha. The fat man is a Chinese monk that has been known under different names, including Hotei, Pu-Tai, and Mi-Le-Fo. The Buddha IS in fact the slender ones in statues. Even Chinese depictions of the Buddha are gene...
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Hotei is the god of contentment and happiness and has a cheerful face and a big belly....
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Buddha is portrayed as fat because of an artistic interpretation of how he would have ...
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The "Fat Buddha" is not the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, ... ...MORE...
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Because Buddha is a conspired a happy god.
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It is unlikely that the historic Buddha was fat. There are no portraits from life to confirm that fact, but if we consider the arc of his life: His birth family was rich and he was trained to be a prince. This would include many skills like...
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