Laughing Buddha with bowl

Laughing Buddha with a bowl depicts a monk’s life – associated with the renunciation of material possessions and attaining enlightments. It is said that if one rubs the Laughing Buddha’s great belly, it brings forth wealth, good luck, and prosperity. Laughing Buddha statues depict a stout, smiling, or laughing bald man in robes with a largely exposed pot belly stomach, which symbolizes happiness, good luck, and plenitude.