aka 笑佛 Laughing Buddha / 胖佛 Fat Buddha / 快乐佛 Happy Buddha / Mi Lo Fu
Mi-Lo Fwo (Happy Fat Laughing Money Buddha) is the most common and most popular depiction of Buddha in China for centuries. His nickname was “Cloth Sack” — Budai in Chinese. Buddhists’ main goal in life is to ‘be happy’, and it’s for this reason that depictions of Buddha show him as being fat and laughing.
Mi-Lo Fwo (Happy Fat Laughing Money Buddha) is the most common and most popular depiction of Buddha in China for centuries. His nickname was “Cloth Sack” — Budai in Chinese. Buddhists’ main goal in life is to ‘be happy’, and it’s for this reason that depictions of Buddha show him as being fat and laughing.
by Toby Simkin April 12, 2023