How do you use laughing Buddha in Vastu? Laughing Buddha, as we all know, brings good luck, contentment and abundance in one's life. It depicts plenitude of whatever one wishes for – be it wealth, happiness or satisfaction. Though, a symbol from Feng Shui, however, laughing Buddha holds a lot of significance in our lives. Most of us strongly believe that keeping it in a particular direction fulfils distinct desires. Hence, it is important to know that which direction should it be kept in and also which type of it should be used by individuals. Laughing Buddha History The person in the laughing buddha images and statues is ‘Budai,’ an eccentric Zen monk from china who is thought to have lived around 907 to 923 AD during the later Liang dynasty. He was a man of a good and loving character, and some Buddhist traditions considered him the ‘Bodhisattva Maitreya’ or the future Buddha. He was pot-bellied, bald, and had a jolly smile on his face all the time, which earned him the name “lau