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Watching a Frontline documentary on PBS right now, "Our Man In Tehran," and I've noticed that when a man and woman together arrive at the front door, the man of the house always ignores the woman but the men kiss hello. How odd.
 
^ It's a man's world.
Remember that old Roman Republican manliness considered tenderness and courtesy towards woman an odd sign of wussiness and effeminacy.

You have to realize that travelling to different societies around the world today is the real time machine: for example, if you want to have a close idea of how Europe was one hundred years ago, bring some Americans to any European town or city, dress them up in XIXth century clothing, and let them speak whatever they please: if their ancestry is European, and they speak some European language other than English, even with their English American accent you will have come close to perfection.
 
Was wondering why is Buddha fat and found this: in traditional China (and elsewhere, including once upon a time Europe), a chubby person signified good fortune and wealth, for reasons that make sense. Before there was a 7-Eleven or Piggly-Wiggly on every corner, those with a surplus to eat were of course doing well. Why not depict someone who was enlightened as fortunate and wealthy, i.e., fat and happy? Alas, in the modern world in which we all live, being overweight is a sign of poor health and a reason for scorn.

So belly, give up with the twinks and jump on the chubby wagon.

In reality fat buddha is not the real one, just a folkloristic version or even another identity. Main one is slim. So do the diet.
 
In reality fat buddha is not the real one, just a folkloristic version or even another identity. Main one is slim. So do the diet.

Much the same as the Pilgrims. They were a creation as well. The real pilgrims didn't dress like that.
 
Was wondering why is Buddha fat and found this: in traditional China (and elsewhere, including once upon a time Europe), a chubby person signified good fortune and wealth, for reasons that make sense. Before there was a 7-Eleven or Piggly-Wiggly on every corner, those with a surplus to eat were of course doing well. Why not depict someone who was enlightened as fortunate and wealthy, i.e., fat and happy? Alas, in the modern world in which we all live, being overweight is a sign of poor health and a reason for scorn.

So belly, give up with the twinks and jump on the chubby wagon.

In reality fat buddha is not the real one, just a folkloristic version or even another identity. Main one is slim. So do the diet.

Twinks? :eek:
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Are you talking about real twinks or, rather, about anything under 55 years and 300lbs.?

You are talking about the most superficial aspect that applies to buddhas like to anything else in classical cultures, in China or elsewhere: what I had always been told by Chinese people is that the fat buddhas are fat with all the bad stuff in the world, and they show their scorn at them by laughing after having eaten them up. It's rather the contrary image of the Christ, as the result of the same metaphysical undertaking.
 
Interesting interpretation, but apparently it's still not the original one.

Fat Buddha is simply a case of mistaken identity. Budai is a deity in Chinese folklore, with an occasional presence in Japan and Vietnam. He is invariably depicted as a fat and smiling guy, and people may have Budai and the Buddha mixed up.

You may be confusing Gautama Siddhartha “Buddha” (the enlightened one), the founder of Buddhist philosophy with the Fat Buddha, Ho-tei, the Chinese deity who brings good luck and wealth upon getting a belly rub.

The Fat Buddha statues are ubiquitous in Chinese and East Asian restaurants across America; the Fat Buddha is often depicted reclining or standing with arms up, adorned in pearls around his neck, wraped in a luxurious drape around his body, and looks like he has never skipped a meal in his life, all symbolic of wealth.

The Buddha, on the other hand, is the teacher of the Four Noble Truths. He prescribed the Middle Path of moderation as balanced from any extremity in life. His teachings culminated into Buddhism. He is associated with meditation as a path to self realization of the “Buddha” within each one of us.
 
Interesting interpretation, but apparently it's still not the original one.

I wouldn't be surprised: since when the average locals are the best source of information of their own culture, even the lower levels of it :lol:
 
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