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.

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.

The ‘Laughing Buddha’ shows how people have adapted Buddhism to different cultural and historical contexts.

Five young boys who found a vape pen during their gym class and smoked it were take to area hospitals Wednesday after officials said they were discovered "laughing uncontrollably." ...

Puffing on a vape pen at the zoo is bad enough, but a young Russian boxer somehow managed to do one even worse.