A daruma is a doll or toy representing the sitting figure of Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen, a sect of Buddhism, who is practicing Zen meditation; at the present time, it is widely popular as a lucky charm not only in the Zen sect, but also in different religious sects, across religions.
だるま（達磨）は、仏教の1派である禅宗開祖の達磨の坐禅姿を模した置物、または玩具であり、現在では禅宗のみならず宗教、宗派を越え縁起物として広く親しまれている。