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During the Later Liang (907-911), Siming Fenghua (Zhejiang) there is a fat bald man wearing a robe and carrying prayer beads. He caries his few possessions in a cloth sack, being poor but content. Who is he ? Where does he come from ? Nobody knows but people called him Budai. Budai is a Chinese folkloric deity. His name means “Cloth Sack,"and comes from the bag that he is conventionally depicted as carrying. He carries a sack with him full of good things, such as sweets for children, and he is often pictured with children. Budai represents happiness, generosity and wealth, and he is a protector of children as well as of the poor and the weak.Today a statue of Budai often can be found near the entrance of Chinese Buddhist temples. The tradition …show more content…

Budai also is associated with the last panel of the Ten Ox-herding Pictures. These are ten images that represent stages of enlightenment in Ch 'an (Zen) Buddhism. The last panel shows an enlightened master who enters towns and marketplaces to give to ordinary people the blessings of enlightenment. Budai i followed the spread of Buddhism into other parts of Asia. In Japan he became one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Shinto and is called Hotei. He also was incorporated into Chinese Taoism as a deity of abundance.

I am especially interested in my childhood memories through specific objects for examples Buddha. Memories often refer to the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences based on the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences based on the mental processes of learning, retention, recall and recognition. These memories could refer to a variety of events for examples birthdays, leaving from home for the first time, or the first day of school. One childhood memory which I recall clearly was visiting Buddhist temples with my mum where …show more content…

On an everyday psychological level, samsara also refers to the vicious circle of repeated patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour that keep us from growing and progressing beyond the boundaries of this realm.

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