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Hotei, The Friendly One - Hotei is better known in the English-speaking world as the Laughing Buddha. In China, he is called Bu-Dai or Mi Le Fo and dubbed the Loving or Friendly One. He has become incorporated into Buddhist and Shinto culture and is based on an eccentric Chinese Zen monk. His image graces many temples, restaurants, and amulets. Hotei has become a deity of contentment and abundance, Taoist in origin. Hotei persists in Japanese folklore as one of the seven happy gods, or shichi fukujin.

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