<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353693" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Buddhist Monk Ruined My Life</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll never forget the day a Buddhist monk ruined my life<br>All were excited for our class field trip<br>I walked into his humble temple and was introduced to him<br>His smile - radiant<br>His eyes - welcoming <br>Living so happily with so little<br>Such righteous convictions<br>Such impeccable morals<br>In the belly of the giant golden Buddha<br>I saw everything wrong with my life<br>My greed<br>My gluttony<br>My lust<br>My envy<br>My melancholy<br>My wrath<br>My pride<br>The cardinal vices that defined my existence <br>And trampled on his noble eightfold path <br>The seven deadly sins I accepted as human nature<br>Purged<br>So effortlessly <br>My heart was heavy - consumed with loathing and lament<br>A pile of straw peasant hats laid in the corner were stolen by my classmates<br>Tien! Your hats! They are gone! <br>Again - he looked at me with pureness that glowed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then our heads will get wet - he said</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And smiled</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=C.S.+Smith">C.S. Smith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353693" data-title="A Buddhist Monk Ruined My Life de C.S. Smith" data-description="I'll never forget the day a Buddhist monk ruined my life All were excited for our class field trip I walked into his humble temple and was introduced to him His smile - radiant His eyes - welcoming Living so happily with so little Such righteous ..."></div> </div> </div>

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