{"product_id":"jade-laughing-buddha-necklace","title":"Jade Laughing Buddha Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fat, laughing one is not the Buddha most people think he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is Budai, a wandering monk remembered in China as the Buddha still to come, Maitreya, and the belly is the whole point of him. Over the doors of Chinese temple halls he sits beneath a couplet that opens \u003cstrong\u003e大肚能容\u003c\/strong\u003e: a belly big enough to hold what the world can't. The insult, the bad week, the thing somebody said at work. He takes it in and laughs, and he doesn't carry it around afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat is what he is for: letting things go.\u003c\/strong\u003e Worn close, he is a reminder that most of what you are holding onto was never yours to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone who takes things to heart and finds it hard to let them go.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJade is traditionally kept on, and it takes a polish from skin over the years. A soft cloth is all it needs if it dulls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural jadeite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFigure:\u003c\/strong\u003e Laughing Buddha, Budai, the Maitreya form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePendant size:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approx 20 x 20 x 6mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e60cm \/ 23.5in\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Flat and polished, uncarved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e Braided, approx 600mm, red agate bead, slips over the head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Letting things go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone. Colour and mottling vary from piece to piece, some carry flecks of brighter green, and cord colour varies between dark red and black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52625022026030,"sku":"200000226:193#Guanyin","price":43.51,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/jade-laughing-buddha-necklace-1.webp?v=1789092851","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/jade-laughing-buddha-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}