At first I used to believe in their first-grade nonsense, but I soon realized that Siddartha Gautama merely didn't intent to delude everyone with his gigantic imagination and he was just speaking his mind.
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Anonymous2009-12-31 0:52
How did he get so fat
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Anonymous2009-12-31 0:54
Dude, that is Maitreya Buddha. He is the future Buddha that is to come in 10 million years and teach the glorious dharma. DUH
I figured that much out from studying buddhism for 3 years. That is also not his Buddha form, but an image based on the monk believed to be the Bodhisattva (buddha-to-be savior), who was extremely fat and went by the name of Budai.
When Maitreya becomes a buddha, he will be slender and have graceful beauty (based on the SUTRAS).