Laughing Buddha Statue: For Happiness and Prosperity

The laughing Buddha statue is one of the most popular good luck charms or fengshui statues that are kept at homes, business places and also altars. Thisportrayal of Buddha was inventedin China and is chastely a Chinese inspiration. Nobody can find thisplump, laughing Buddha in any other culture be it India, Cambodia, Indonesia or Thai.

This cheerfuland plump Buddha is based on a peculiar Chinese Ch'an (Zen) monk who lived in China about 1,000 years ago. He is an important part of Buddhist as well as Shinto culture owing to his compassionate and welcoming nature. He was known as the Friendly or Loving One and also a reincarnation of the bodhisattva.

The laughing Buddha statue portrays a stout, laughing bald man wearing robes with a bigbare pot belly, which represents good luck, joy and plenitude. If legends are to be believed, if one touches the Laughing Buddha's big belly, one will receive good luck, wealthand affluence. The most usual statue of him is being seated, but one can find numerous other renditions of him in different poses like in a reclining position. Also, the image is always holding a linen sack which never gets emptied and is jam-packed with many valuableobjects, signifying wealth. He supports the weak, poor and kids.

Most feng Shui experts suggest that one should keep a Buddha statue in the family or drawing room as it gives the most profit. It should always be placed facing the main entry to the home. This is a technique that channels positive fortune into the houseandmisfortune out of it. Thus, there is elimination of negative energy or bad luck and entry and radiation of favourable energy.

Keeping the laughing Buddha statue at one’s desk is also a superb way oflessening tension and stress. The happy Buddha reminds one of peacefulness, joy and delivers a spirit of serenity and bliss. Stress reduction is the mainpart of Feng Shui and soits arrangement is the foremost vital thing. It offers a great constructive help to the harassed, stressed out students.

Many people who go by Feng Shui display the Buddha statue on the dashboard of their car to protect it from any danger or accident and also for good luck. Driving, predominantly in heavy traffic, can be a very displeasing work. But, by keeping the happy Buddha by one’s side, one will feel a soothing solitude and a sense that nothing will go wrong.