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The significance of the elongated earlobes on the Buddha is that

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I believe it is a representation of his enlightenment  
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In Eastern cultures, large ears are associated with wisdom and revered by other, and Buddha's elongated earlobes symbolize a conscious rejection of the material world desire in order to fully achieve spiritual enlightenment.
Many also interpret that Buddha's elongated earlobes as Buddha's capability to endure worldly sufferings
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