The heads of the children climbing all over my Laughing Buddha keep breaking off. This is causing me some distress. Almost 20 years ago, my then girlfriend, now ex-wife, bought me this Buddha in ...

With his delighted expression, round belly, bald head and monastic robes, the “Laughing Buddha” is instantly identifiable. However, astute observers might wonder why this buddha does not look ...

The Laughing Buddha’s transformation into a global icon results from both the fascination with Chinese porcelain in 18th-century Europe and the 20th-century spread of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

With a carefree and charming smiling face, a laughing buddha can be your immediate mood lifter. Rub his bare tummy and all your bad luck will poof out. 2 / 7. Rub his tummy every day!

The Buddha they speak of is a gleaming, 6-foot-tall, 4-foot-wide laughing Buddha on the front lawn corner of 12th Street and Cocoanut Avenue has been stopping people in their tracks since 2021.