Mindfulness Mondays 29: Buddha’s Smile
December 14, 2009 by dr. lam
Finishing Eckhart Tolle’s Findhorn Retreat seminar, I found a small gem of an idea buried in one of his discourses. He talks about the ubiquitous presence of the happy, fat Buddha image that pervades China. The smile on the Buddha is not necessarily a beaming, jovial smile (although sometimes it is portrayed as such) but a sly, gentle grin that is all knowing and that emanates from an enlightened state. When we are glum or down or just a bit neutral gray, we can fashion a small smile on our face and see how that changes everything inside. Do that now. You will see that it changes every cell of your body in profound ways. Now, offer that smile to someone else and teach them that trick. Have a great week!
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Thanks for starting our week with such a cool suggestion and reminder. Have a great week everybody.
thanks nord. love the new gravatar. did you know the hand of the cat that looks like it is waving is actually supposed to mean come over here and the other hand below normally means give me money. that is at least what my Japanese instructor told me in Japan. I remember him cupping his hand like he was waving to me and I waved back. He actually meant come over here. just a weird cultural difference! glad i did not do our sign of come over here with my palm up because he probably would think i was asking for money.
Funny, Dr. Lam! Yes, Nord, cool new gravatar!!
I’m depressed! And it didn’t work so well for me…lol Maybe, I’m an exception.
Btw, how did Buddha get fat?…lol I thought he was all about moderation…lol
Cool blog, Dr. Lam!
Glad you like it, I photographed it just for this purpose. Interesting, I thought it meant good fortune, prosperity. I appreciate your story!
great question about the image of buddha getting fat. i’m sure we could find out on google, but it’s getting late.
GN,
sml
Hey Heather
I think the artist thought he was a sumo wrestler…lol Hey, Nord!! That’s cool that you made that gravatar special!! Cool!!! GN, Dr. Lam and Nord!!! And other blog buddies!!