tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377249718696904521.post720436465973995250..comments2024-02-17T16:05:30.527-06:00Comments on Brothers of the Serpent Podcast: Episode #143: The Gods of Eden - Part 2SnakeBroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02461631759355754673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377249718696904521.post-80939665605811855532020-07-11T12:39:16.666-05:002020-07-11T12:39:16.666-05:00I noticed a huge misconception on here about Buddh...I noticed a huge misconception on here about Buddhe...the fat smiling man you guys were talking about was not Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha, he was a very skinny Tibetan prince with cornrows, I'm absolutely certain that you've seen statues or paintings of him, but the fat laughing man was a Zen monk named Budai/Hotei/Pu-Tai and has come to be called Laughing Buddha but he was waaaay later than Gautama and is sort of the patron saint of luck & contentment in Zen & Chan Buddhism, not the founding philosopher of Buddhism...Siddhartha was very fit, maybe even far too skinny, as a further abdication of the material world, including the indulgence of fine food.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041721087922118387noreply@blogger.com