2006-07-09 12:46:50 · 14 answers · asked by Beeman11 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Siddhartha Gautama (the thin one) was from India and not considered the only Buddha. The term "Buddha" means "the awakened one" and therefore anyone who becomes awakened can be considered a Buddha. The larger Buddha is known in English as "the laughing Buddha" and is popular for being friendly. His image is based on a Chinese monk. Many people rub is round belly for good luck.
If you ever have the chance to visit a Buddhist temple, you will see that there are many more Buddha's to discover and learn from.
2006-07-09 13:00:52 · answer #1 · answered by lost in translation 3 · 11⤊ 1⤋
Beeman 11,
the slim Buddha reads to
the fat Buddha while he eats.
fat Buddha chose 'one thousand and one nights'
as the book to be read so poor
slim Buddha has not had a chance to eat.
the real question here is
who will go first
fat Buddha for selfishness and gula
or
slim Buddha for catering and starving
2006-07-09 12:56:15 · answer #2 · answered by vim 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lost in translation gives you the clue! There have been more than 1 Buddha, so they are different people!!
; )
Here in Japan, the fat one is called Daruma, that's the Japanese way of saying his actual name - Dharma. He was Indian, as you can tell from his name. He was the founder of Zen Buddhism, so you don't often see other Buddha represented around here!
There were a variety of fat Buddha though, and skinny ones too..! So the ones you refer to could be anyone!
Daruma is normally portrayed meditating, and his image has come to be almost like a Weeble (if you know what they look like!) He's gone from this
http://www.fukubonsai.com/images2/Fuku-Darumafriends.jpg
to this
http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~zaky/daruma.jpg
He was famous for sitting meditating in a mountain cave for 9 years!
2006-07-09 15:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends greatly on where that Buddha came from. The thicker Buddha comes from China where, at that time, the thicker person was more attractive. The thinner one is probably more accurate to what the real Buddha looked like, that's because it came from India. And certain Buddhist statues mean certian things, like 'happiness' or 'love'.
2006-07-09 12:55:57 · answer #4 · answered by Prometheus1123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the fat Buddha was the Buddha as he lived under the Clinton administration, where he benefited from the abundance of what life had to offer him. The skinny Buddha is as he lived his life of poverty during the Bush administration.
2006-07-09 14:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
What you can see really are only physical representations of Buddhas. In reality all Buddhas should "be" the same. If you get it you can see a Buddha, if you don't, then you can't see one.
2006-07-09 13:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by iikozen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fat buhda is a cartoon typ version of the buddha and the slim one is a more realistic version of him
2006-07-09 12:50:20 · answer #7 · answered by anthony 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
i have no idea but ithink we should eat the fat one that way there will be only one to worry about we can eat him with some lemon juice or something i wonder what buddah tastes like oh well tah
2006-07-09 12:50:37 · answer #8 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Diet soda.
2006-07-09 12:48:32 · answer #9 · answered by cosmosclara 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the BEFORE & AFTER pics of Slimfast diet
2006-07-09 12:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋