TIL the fat and round "Laughing Buddha" isn't a depiction of Gauthama Buddha at all, but of a Chinese deity called "Budai"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budai



Submitted February 18, 2015 at 08:32PM by SoldierOfCringe http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wbe4h/til_the_fat_and_round_laughing_buddha_isnt_a/