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Buddha? BA
Does anyone know a good Buddha-Papercraft?
>> er end_of_ !mL2ZRk1cK.
that's not *the buddha* but pu tai.
>> Anonymous
HMMM, well, this seems cool, any one have any "pu tai" papercraft?
>> Anonymous
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>>30514

the laughing buddha is not 'the buddha' I wish more retards would learn that

also LOL
>> OPLM
http://cp.c-ij.com/europe/papercraft/nl/building/todaiji_e.html

Not exactly what you're looking for, but it's the only buddha I've ever seen.
>> BA
..thats the only Buddha i've seen, too. But he don't realy looks good.

,and thanks for teaching me the truth about *the Buddha* ^^
>> Anonymous
well if its an asian diety then by default its budda even if it isnt. anyone have some raptor budda oragami?
>> hmm... yeah end_of_ !mL2ZRk1cK.
>>30591
By this argument, are all leaders in Europe Hitler?
>> Anonymous
only if they have a mustache.. duh
>> Anonymous
>>30599
No ,dude, he means.. a buddhist monk is called " a buddha". it would like every dictatorship leader being called a dictator.got it?
>> lawl end_of_ !mL2ZRk1cK.
uh, no, they're called monks. o_O Do you call all Nuns "Virgin Mary" or "The Holy Mother?"

Putai, or hotei (in japan), is an icon referring to a buddhist monk who was called pu tai. Some believe he may be a reincarnation of Maitreya (Buddha of the happy jolly future) yet he is not The Buddha (Sidartha Shakamuni) himself nor a reincarnation of Shakamuni.
>> Anonymous
>>30506
Hotei FTW amitrite?
>> Anonymous
>>30632

A Buddha is a being who has become fully enlightened. Monks work all their lives to be enlightened (some may choose not to), but many, MANY do not reach this state, and therefore are not buddhas.
>> Anonymous
monks can be arhats, boddhisatvas, sakyamuniboddhisatvas, buddhas, ascetics, buddhas, ect

only through the attainment of the perfection of wisdom in perfect enlightenment do they attain buddhahood and their own buddha field that will be filled with more beings ready to seek enlightenment. this process carries on for an infinity because as state is the karmic lotus sutra the tathagatha is untracable. the tathagatha is the truthseeker or buddha and upon attaining buddhahood he exists outside of time and some interpetations and texts state that ALL are buddhas now and will be buddhas later but we have not acknowledged it.

ucla buddhist lit in translation B+
>> Anonymous
*sigh* on behalf of the OP...

Does anyone have a paper-craft of the happy chubby guy?