[–] Octocopter 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
Gautama Buddha (the Buddha) was actually a very skinny man who only ate one small meal a day, he would pity and be appalled by the gluttony around today.
The "Fat Buddha" sold as mini statues and cheap idols is not the Buddha but a Chinese monk named Budai. The fatties of the world would love to claim Buddha as an excuse to be fat, don't let them abuse his teachings of asceticism.
[–] waterteacoffeelee 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
No no no you’ve got it all wrong. Buddha clearly went into starvation mode. He nearly starved to death fasting to fit society’s unrealistic body standards so when he made it to China and started eating one small meal a day he blew up into the little dumpling we see now.
[–] Speshul_Sn0wflake ago
I lol-ed at this.