Budai or laughing Buddha

A thousand years ago there was an eccentric monk known as Budai, “The friendly one.” His big stomach and jolly smile caused him to become known as the “Laughing Buddha.” He could pull many precious items from the sack he carried and the heavy robes he wore, his two attributes which never emptied. He became the patron saint of abundance.

Budai is known as the patron saint of abundance

If you were hungry he produced food; if you were unhappy he produced a smile; if you longed for luck, the next throw of the dice went your way. He could produce candy for the children and cures for the woes of the world. He could give plentitude and abundance in all forms, and all you had to do was one thing – touch his belly with all the desire you could muster.

This Budai desired to emerge from a single block of Han Baiyu stone (white jade), and to find his way across an ocean to become this week’s new arrival.

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