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Is it okay to have the laughing Buddha figurine as well as the Supreme Buddha Siddhartha Gautama?

I have both, and also a t shirt with happy Buddha on. I also have my Siddhartha Gautama meditation framed print.

The word "Buddha" means the awakened one and this is the title Siddhartha was known by after his enlightenment. The image of the Laughing Buddha is based on a wandering Chinese monk, Budai (Hotei, in Japanese) who lived centuries ago and is believed to be Maitreya, or the Buddha to come. So it is perfectly okay to have a figurine of Gautama Buddha and Laughing Buddha. Its more about what they (Buddha) represents.

The first Buddhist community in China is said to have been established around 150 A.D. Buddhist emissaries traveling along the Silk Road took Buddhism to China. By 229 AD, the number of nuns and monks increased to two million. The concepts of Buddhism merged with the existing religious beliefs and gave rise to the popular Pure Land and Chan schools of Buddhism.

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