Travel Bug Dog Tag Bag of Buddhas

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Owner:
AuntieWeasel Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Origin:
Rhode Island, United States
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These six happy fat men are out on a lark. Will they stay together? Will they pick up hitchhikers? Will they have adventures? Will they attain enlightenment? It's out of my hands. G'bye boys! Have fun!

About This Item

The Laughing Buddha or Fat Buddha of China is based on Chang Dingzi, a monk from Chekiang Province who lived from 907 to 1060. He was an itinerate teacher around the end of the Tang and beginning of the Wu-Tai Dynasties. Everyone called him Pu Tai or "cloth bag" from his luggage. He may actually have been fat, or his round belly may embody the Chinese idiom for tolerance — to have a "big stomach." Rubbing the belly of Ta-pao Mi-Lei-Fwo, the Laughing Buddha, is supposed to bring luck. You'll have to use your pinky finger, I'm afraid.

I bought this six pack of Buddhas at a flea market in Northern Rhode Island. I paid a buck American, so at today's exchange rate, they're worth....9.296916p each. So take care of them! They're supposed to represent safe travel, love, long life, wisdom, happy home and prosperity...but I couldn't work out which one was which, except the travel one (who has a bag on his back), of which there were inexplicably two. These fat boys were meant to travel!

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Tracking History (4773.2mi) View Map

Discovered It 9/2/2007 Rote Teufel discovered it   Visit Log

Beim Cache & Climb-Event in Wiesbaden gesichtet. Vielen Dank!

😈 Team [b][red]Rote Teufel[/b][/red] 😈
Write note 9/1/2006 JollyJax posted a note for it   Visit Log

I have a Bhudda thats made to travel ... get this bug to Oxfordshire so I can add another little fat man :)
Dropped Off 5/28/2006 shrimphead&co placed it in Let's go GeoHashing! West Midlands, United Kingdom - 7.71 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/22/2006 shrimphead&co retrieved it from Shepherd's Pie - The Stiperstones West Midlands, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Picked up this TB from the Stiperstones, Shropshire. I'll try and move it on somewhere interesting soon.

Dropped Off 4/17/2006 DJ-Landyman placed it in Shepherd's Pie - The Stiperstones West Midlands, United Kingdom - 15.77 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/14/2006 DJ-Landyman retrieved it from Kerry Ridgeway South Wales, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Picked this bag of Buddhas (plus a few other things!)from the Kerry Ridgeway cache after our first FTF! Will continue them on their travels ASAP.
Dropped Off 4/13/2006 ROB110HICAP placed it in Kerry Ridgeway South Wales, United Kingdom - 17.56 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/5/2006 ROB110HICAP grabbed it   Visit Log

Found it in '11 Counties View', I think 'Tribe B' picked it up and placed it there without logging it. I've added a 'Robin' and will place it somewhere soon. Pic attached of current occupants, only 2 Buddahs left.

  • New occupant I added the Robin
Dropped Off 12/31/2005 Moko Dragon placed it in Sunday Best West Midlands, United Kingdom - 121.81 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/29/2005 Moko Dragon retrieved it from North of London Travel Bug Hotel Eastern England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Have collected Bag of Buddhas (only two now) Will take them to a central location and maybe the absconders will make an effort to find there way back to their friends. Added my own oriental contribution.

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