Different types of Laughing Buddha
- Laughing Buddha playing with kids: It is a symbol of good luck coming from heaven. It also brings good luck and positive energy.
- Laughing Buddha with a bowl: The bowl depicts the life of a monk. It is associated with giving up material possessions and acquiring knowledge.
- Laughing at buddha with a fan: It is a symbol of happiness and joy. It is said that the waving of a fan by the statue of Buddha indicates the removal of troubles.
- laughing buddha with a bag: The Buddha carrying the sack symbolizes a traveller. This means that he collects people's sorrows and calamities and puts them in his sack. Whereas in another sense the sack is also a symbol of wealth and good fortune.
- Laughing Buddha with beads or ball: The person with the beads is believed to represent the practice of meditation. Pearls also symbolize the 'pearl of wisdom and are said to bring wealth and prosperity.
- The sitting posture of Laughing Buddha is considered to be of love and it is a symbol of the balance of thoughts and peace.
- The standing Laughing Buddha is a symbol of wealth and happiness.
- Laughing Buddha sitting on a large nugget and being ready to give a small nugget is a sign of good luck.
- Laughing Buddha with a fan cap on his head represents joy and good fortune.
- Laughing Buddha holds a gold block upright with his hands which is a symbol of abundant wealth and good fortune.
- Laughing Buddha with a fan in one hand and a gourd in the other brings blessings and good health.
- Laughing Buddha is a symbol of prosperity with a golden bag on his back.
- Laughing Buddha carries a bag of blessings on his right shoulder and a fan on his left to protect him during long journeys.