Pu-tai Ho-shang (J.: Hotei Osho) Cloth-bag monk, an erratic monk 長汀子 Changtingzi early in the tenth century, noted, inter alia, for his shoulder bag. Often depicted, especially in Japanese art, as a jovial, corpulent monk, scantily clad and surrounded by children.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

五代梁時浙江奉化縣布袋和尚，常露腹歡喜，手執布袋，禪機幽默，所以被稱為布袋和尚，相傳他是彌勒菩薩的化身。

陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》

===（人名）五代梁時明州奉化布袋和尚，自稱契此。又號長汀子。形裁腲[月*妥]。蹙額皤腹。出語無定。時號長汀子。常荷一布袋入[(纏-糸)*(郊-交)]，見物則乞。一日，有僧在前行。師拊其背。僧回首。師曰：乞我一文錢。曰：道得即與。師放下布袋，叉手而立。保福和尚問：如何是佛法大意？師放下布袋。福曰：為祇如此，為更有向上事。師負之而去。梁貞元三年，端坐岳林寺盤石，說偈曰：彌勒真彌勒，分身千百億。時時示時人，時人自不識。遂入滅。後現於他州，亦負布袋而行。明如惺龍華懺法後附有布袋和尚傳。

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