Budai (Chinese: 布袋; pinyin: bùdài), pronounced Hotei in Japanese, is a Chinese folkloricdeity. His name means "Cloth Sack," and comes from the bag that he carries. He is almost always shown smiling or laughing, hence his nickname in Chinese, the Laughing Buddha(Chinese: 笑佛). In English speaking countries, he is popularly known also as the Fat Buddha.

Budai is often depicted as having the appearance of an amply proportioned bald man wearing a robe and wearing or otherwise carrying prayer beads. He carries his few possessions in a cloth sack, being poor but content.

His figure appears throughout Chinese culture as a representation of contentment. His image graces many temples, restaurants, amulets, and businesses.

Amongst Westerners new to Buddhism, Budai is often confused with the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. However, the two are visually very distinct. Gautama is commonly depicted as being tall and slender in appearance (although since no images of him from his lifetime exist, this depiction of him is unverifiable and possibly idealized); Budai is short and overweight. (Buddha means "one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment" and there are several people who have been given the title.)

Maitreya, the true Maitreya

has billions of incarnations.

Often he is shown to people at the time;

other times they do not recognize him.

Maitreya (Sanskrit), Metteyya (Pāli), or Jampa (Tibetan), is a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.

Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on Earth, achieve complete enlightenment, and teach the pure dharma. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor of the historic Śākyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The prophecy of the arrival of Maitreya references a time when Dharma will be forgotten on Jambudvipa. It is found in the canonical literature of all Buddhist sects (Theravāda, Mahāyāna,Vajrayāna), and is accepted by most Buddhists as a statement about an event that will take place when Dharma will be forgotten on Earth.

The Buddhist countries in Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and India has to form a Buddhist Community Union. A Maitreya Buddhist Council House has to assist the Buddhist President Council House, the Buddhist Parliament House and the Buddhist Judicial Council House.

After 2500 years, the Buddhist monk, the Buddhist nun and the Buddhist layperson are transform to be a part of Maitreya. Amitofo.

The Maitreya Buddhist Council House are the backbone for advising the President and Judicial system to prevent extreme measures decision.

The Maitreya Buddhist Council House also act as a mediator for peace.