2022年11月29日 · Hotei (布袋) can be translated directly as “linen sack.” He is also known as Budai, another reading of these same Kanji, in part because Budai is his name in China. These are transliterations of his mainland Asian names, which include Pu-Tai. He is better known in some parts of the world as the “Laughing Buddha” or “Smiling Monk.”

2015年4月23日 · It was agreed upon by all the monk masters during that time period that what Budai monk said completely coincides with Maitreya's life and experiences (Mi le pu sa). That is why China has always used Budai monk as a representation of Maitreya- because it was a reincarnation of the Boddhisattva.

2020年8月25日 · There is research and writing to proof Budai monk is a historical figure around 10th century and under category of Buddhism Zen teaching. The source found that seems not having enough of a specified quality and could not be suitable to Junior Buddhist. "The sources available to modern scholars concerning Pu-tai' s life are deficient". The ...

2014年6月25日 · His name is Budai and many people in the West mistake his image as being Gautama Buddha. Budai is usually identified with or seen as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha. Budai is usually identified with or seen as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha.

2014年7月2日 · I guess for something that happened such a long time ago you would struggle to prove it categorically. However I read that a shrine was uncovered at Lumbini (one of the candidates for the Buddha's birthplace) which dates to around the Buddha's time.

2014年11月22日 · The golden guy on the lower left isn't Buddha, but Budai (aka Hotei), who was an eccentric Chan monk and the Japanese god of happiness, although some traditions identify him with the future Buddha.

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2017年10月15日 · I am not sure about this but the title of this book (When the Buddha Was an Elephant: 32 Animal Wisdom Tales from the Jataka) implies that Buddha was once an elephant; in other words that an elepha...

2022年11月29日 · Robust in body and personality, Hotei is the god of prosperity, popularity, children, diviners, and bartenders. So large that clothes cannot cover him, the figure of Hotei evolved from stories of a Zen monk named Budai who lived simply and was content despite owning only a plain linen cloth.

2015年8月18日 · For me he was a "door-opener"; I first loved his hints that it might be meaningful to look at ones own life (and: do that "without judging" - which was new to me as an explicite concept) and to get aware for the individual responsibility for a good path - the existential aspect of this was that what attracted me much.