What's the difference between fat Buddha and regular Buddha?
2007-07-13 19:11:47 · 12 answers · asked by thundakat312 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Earlobes never stop growing, so it is a symbol of wisdom, of Knowledge attained with age.
2007-07-13 19:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Buddha just means that you reached enlightenment. The "fat" Buddha you are talking about is happy Buddha. The "regular" Buddha was actually a prince named Siddhartha. It's a long story, that I think most people won't care to read. Anyway, the difference is that they are two totally different people.
Opps forgot to answer the earlobes question...I actually didn't know the answer either...I forgot. Anyways I looked it up.
"And I answer it not in the simplest way, but in the way that has meaning for that culture: 'His earlobes are long because Siddhartha was born into a princely household with great wealth. In that culture, wealth would be displayed with heavy earrings, and yet at a critical moment in his young adulthood, Siddhartha forsook his wealth, shaved his head, gave away his jewels and went out into the world on a spiritual quest. The long ears are a reminder that he was once dragged down by wealth, but his earlobes are empty, because he renounced that wealth.'
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/magazine/features.jsp?p=0&is=16&ar=148&pa=2
I don't remember learning about that at the temple...but yeah...
2007-07-13 19:30:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fat Buddha is a Chinese Buddha also known as Happy Buddha and is most commonly seen in the west in Chinese restaurants. I think this Buddha is also know as Maitreya, although not the same as the Buddha Maitreya considered as the 'future' Buddha.
This particular Buddha, I believe is known for good fortune and is from where the custom of rubbing his belly for luck comes.
For those unfamiliar with Buddhism, the term Buddha does not refer only to Lord Buddha, Sidharttha Gautama, but to any being who has attained full realization.
My information comes from a Chinese website I recently visited and unfortunately I do not recall the address.
2007-07-14 17:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by MarkS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That Fat Guy you see with gold taals or ingots sometimes isn't Buddha, but someone else. Another god of wealth and happiness. Japanese call him Yebisu.
Buddha is normally seen as tall and thin with a halo and his face round and healthy, and hair growing in coils, neither manly nor womanish. Strange looking, but not the fat guy.
2007-07-13 20:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that the fat buddha is not the real one, he simply represents abundance because of his big belly.The thin one is the real one because he went through long periods of fasting.As for the earlobes I don't remember but I used to know.Lets pretend he just wore heavy earings! LOL
2007-07-13 19:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buddha have long ears cause it means long life.
2007-07-13 19:20:23 · answer #6 · answered by Meeya 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe his earings are to heavy, ok sorry i love buddha's i want to buy one for my home and for the difference well im waiting to see what people are going to answer you
2007-07-13 19:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by lorie v 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that in a story: My, Buddha, what big ears you've got...
2016-05-17 08:40:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they put guage type things in there ears didnt they? earlobes mean something in society but i forget what....i have personally never seen a skinny buddah..
2007-07-13 19:15:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know. sometimes i see fat buddas and sometimes skinny ones. i think big earlobes mean something but i don't know what.
2007-07-13 19:14:46 · answer #10 · answered by . 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋