Is there any problem to keep broken golden laughing buddha?
The popular statue of the Laughing Buddha you mention doesn’t refer to the Real Buddha but to an ancient Chinese Buddhist monk. The Real Buddha as almost all Buddhists believe is not a laughing person but a serious person. He may have laughed at times the fact of which we do not know and have no need to know too. Probably the one you mention is a plundered one in the colonial period in Asia that was buried in your garden sometime back. Think of the value of it as a curio and also respect the views and practices of those who could have orioginally used it. MAY BE YOU GET GOOD LUCK IF YOU KEEP IT IN A GOOD PLACE AND SHOW RESPECT TO IT. To Siarwar above: The Buddha never claimed he was a God and he is never worshipped as a God. He declared there was no Creatot God. He is human and his teachings have nothing to do with the superantural. The supernatural are worshipped mainly in the Semitic Religions and in Hinduism. [based on theravada buddhism] Edit : worshipping an idol at least shows an
