Since being ordained as a Zen Buddhist priest, I’m all too often compared to my dear Hotei. We share so many attributes - baldness, ample girth around the equator, a somewhat jolly demeanor, robes…. you get the drift.
He is often confused with the original Buddha in the West but is actually one of the Seven Gods of Luck in Japanese mythology. Hotei, the laughing buddha, always is depicted with a big happy smile.
Sometimes he is holding a gold ingot or carrying a satchel like Santa, and sometimes has children crawling all over him.
Catalog Item #1 Hotei with numerous ankle biters. Price - an infinite amount of patience
Catalog Item #2 Hotei hitting the Road.
He’s got his satchel on a branch and a fan to keep him cool.
Price - being able to let go
Catalog Item #3 - Hotei relaxing
Price - you have to know the sound of one hand
Catalog Item #4 - Hotei surfing dragon-style
Price - being here now
Catalog Item # 5 - Hotei au naturale
Price - embracing who you are.
Catalog Item #6 - Hotei’s brothers
Price - spend a weekend with your family
Catalog Item #7 - Live version
Available for weddings and funerals
Priceless
Robert
May 2023
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