Bag of Buddhas
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Owner:
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AuntieWeasel
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Released:
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Sunday, September 19, 2004
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Origin:
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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!
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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CelticTykers retrieved it from Wayfarer's Walk - Noushies Tea Party
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United Kingdom
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5 buddhas and a imposter , The grand vin.
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Rosie & Co placed it in Wayfarer's Walk - Noushies Tea Party
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United Kingdom
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Rosie & Co retrieved it from It's a Dogs Life
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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Will move these little chaps on their way soon
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minstrelcat placed it in It's a Dogs Life
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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minstrelcat posted a note for it
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We hope to place Bag of Buddhas in a cache in the coming week, but we'll not be able to log it into a cache until we are back home on Sunday. If you find this TB before then - please be patient and wait for us to log it first!
Regards
Adam & Lisa
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minstrelcat retrieved it from Triangular Golf
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South East England, United Kingdom
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These poor chaps have been in this cache too long, we'll give them a lift somewhere else.
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Silver-Fox placed it in Triangular Golf
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South East England, United Kingdom
- 37.36 miles
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Silver-Fox retrieved it from Horrid Hill (Medway) NEW LOCATION
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South East England, United Kingdom
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I will rubb the belly of the Laughing Buddha for luck and then set free.
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Pat and Richard posted a note for it
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Left the Bag of Buddhas TB in Horrid Hill cache. We discovered that one of the Travel Buddhas had gone off on his own wanderings and missed the bag. He will be released as a spearate travel bug with the goal of being reunited with his remaining five fellows.
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Pat and Richard placed it in Horrid Hill (Medway) NEW LOCATION
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South East England, United Kingdom
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