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Why might artists have been reluctant to portray the human figure of the buddha
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Why might artists have been reluctant to portray the human figure of the buddha

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They wanted to make him look rich and wise so they depicted him fat. If he were skinny he would look as if he was poor, and they didn’t want that. So they made him fuller
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