No Buddha Belly Here!

Did you know that the Laughing Buddha does not exist in Sri Lanka. It is actually a Chinese tradition, which only became popular in the last decade. All of the Buddha’s here follow the middle path in eating as well, made to be not too skinny or too heavy. The only statues that have the “Buddha belly” are the statues of Ganesha, the Hindu God with the Elephant head. His pot belly represents wisdom, which I find ironic, because he has an elephant head as punishment for not using wisdom in judgment when she tried to seduce his sister, but that is a WHOLE other story.