I can’t believe it’s not Buddha!

The Fake Buddha Quotes blog got a mention on BoingBoing a few days ago, which brought in an extra 11,000 or so visitors in one day (normally we have 2,000 visitors a day). With some hesitation I dipped into the comments on the article, and I was glad I did, so that I could appreciate some of the witty banter.

One of the gems was this image, which I loved 🙂

i can't believe it's not buddha

There was also this one, which unfortunately I couldn’t find in a larger size:

And that led me to a Google image search, where I found this:

I love them!

3 thoughts on “I can’t believe it’s not Buddha!”

    1. Indeed! Hotei has become, with all respect to him as a practitioner, the west’s fake Buddha. It’s like Chinese people mistaking Santa Claus for Jesus 🙂

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