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Footprints of the Buddha
Images of footprints made by Buddha are from the earliest Buddhist art forms. Another word used when describing Buddhas footprints is “Buddhapada”, they are highly revered in all all Buddhist countries, especially Sri Lanka and Thailand, where the Buddha himself once walked. Buddhapada is a symbol that has been respected in India because for it's representation of the grounding of the transcendent.
In Modern Buddhism the Footprints have many different meanings, but they are all related to Buddhism, ultimately it is undisputed that they are a symbol of the existence of the Buddha. Some people believe that after the Buddha attained enlightenment, his feet made an imprint in the stone where he stood.
In a different tradition, the infant Buddha stood and walked for seven steps after his birth as a symbol of his spiritual domination of the universe. Ether way the footprints of the Buddha symbolize the Buddha's presence. Even today the Buddhapada are still revered in the Buddha's absence, now that he has entered nirvana they are a reminder of the Buddhist strides toward a life of nonattachment.
Physically the Buddha's footprints can come with different images, but most commonly they are depicted with the toes of all one length and a dharmachakra wheel on the soul. Other symbols that often
appear on the heel and toes are a lotus flower the swastika and the three Jewels or triratna.
On very large Buddhapada's there is enough room for more detail, so there is room for 32, 108 or even 132 distinctive marks of a Buddha usually in a checkerboard pattern. Any or all of these symbols can also seen on the bottoms of the feet of large statues of the Buddha when he is reclining.
The oldest and most precious sculptures of Buddha's footprints are protected in special temples and structures, where Buddhist monks and others who are faithful will bring offerings such as flowers, fruit, incense and money.
About the Author
Janis resides in western Canada, among the mountains where she studies the Buddhist religion and practices reiki healing. Janis loves making Buddhist t-shirts, gifts and apparel to spread the knowledge of enlightenment. All of the images used on the products are hand drawn with high quality graphics and historical accuracy a priority. Visit her website at http://buddhistbackground.blogspot.com
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Why is Buddha depicted as being fat?
Question:
When I type Buddha on google images I get tons of pictures of a fat Buddha
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/Maitreya2.jpg
I don't know if I'm right but I thought Buddha fasted, therefore should be skinny. I read that the "fat Buddha" is not actually Buddha and that he's Chinese. So why is he the one comes uo right away in our head when we think of Buddha.
(I am not trying to offend anyone)
Answer:
It's true it's not the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni/Siddharta Gautami). The historical Buddha is NEVER depicted as fat - not even in China.
The fat Buddha (originally the picture is of a Chinese monk) has in later history come to be seen as the future Buddha, and he's fat because being fat in Chinese culture is a symbol of happiness, health, wellbeing and riches.
The reason he so fast comes to your mind is that he is a very popular figure in Chinese shops and restaurants, and the businesspeople who show him there do it because they want to become rich (which as I mentioned is one of his symbolical values).
About the "skinny" Buddha, sometimes he is depicted as skinny because he tried the ascetic way together with his Hindu and Jain teachers (before he became the Buddha), but actually one of the truths he realized was that fasting too hard is also not useful on the spiritual path. The Buddha's way is often called the Middle way, because it teaches the balanced middle way between ascetic and self-harming on the one extreme, self-indulgent and luxuristic on the other.
Almost always (with the very few skinny exceptions) Buddha is depicted with a perfectly balanced body, neither skinny nor fat. And that's true in all Buddhist cultures.
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