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Originally Posted by Slava
Well I never thought we'd have a discussion of Buddhism in this thread, but here goes. The first image you posted is the emaciated buddha. He tried to virtually starve and deny himself things in his quest for enlightenment. He was nursed back to health and realized that was foolish. Then he opts for the "middle path" which is likely what you were posting in the second image that won't work for me. It's that statue that's a rendition of the "historical Buddha" and looks fairly average.
Statues of the Buddha are interesting because there weren't any any the Romans made their way east. At that time they had statues of Apollo, and basically the initial statues of the Buddha look very similar as a result.
Anyway...dad bods and fitness and stuff.
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Ah, crud, forgot to check if the images worked. Ya, that was it. Been awhile since I read the story of Buddha. Point being, fat Buddha is not Buddha.