Golden Laughing Buddha with Gold Ingot, 5.5 inch

The Laughing Buddha, otherwise known as Pu-Tai (Chinese), embodies the ideals of the Good Life: i.e. Health, Happiness, Prosperity, Wealth, and Longevity.

It is believed that the Laughing Buddha is modelled on an historical figure, a fat wandering Zen monk named Pu-Tai, who possibly claimed to be an incarnation of the future Buddha Maitreya (Chinese Mi-lo-fo; Japanese Miroku)

He is holding up a Gold Ingot in his hands, symbolizing abundance wealth and prosperity. The Gold Ingots, also known as "Yuen Bao", are ancient Chinese gold medium for exchanging expensive goods. It has the shape similar to a boat symbolizes abundance. Chinese have long believed that these venerable ingots can assist in achieving wealth and status.

Laughing Buddha can be placed anywhere in your home and office:

• Display him in your in the east corner of your living / family room to harmonize the family and to remove problems and quarrellings.
• Display him in the southeast sector of your dining room, bedroom, reception area, or living room to enhance your wealth luck or sudden windfall.
• Place him on your office table to take away all stresses and bad politics / backstabbing. He will speed your way towards achieving your happy goals.
• Place him on the dashboard of your car to bring home many tidings of good news.
• Do not place him in kitchen or toilet.

The statue is made of resin with fine details.