(Photo: Reuters)
Hua Chi, 70, is a monk at the Buddhist monastery in Tongren, Qinghai province, China. For 20 years, he has prostrated himself before an altar. When he was younger, he did it about 2,000-3,000 times a day. Now that he's aged, Hua says, he does it a mere 1,000 times a day.
The result of his work over 20 years is that his footprints are now marked an inch and a half deep into the wood. It's inspiring to younger monks in the monastery:
Twenty-nine-year-old Genden Darji says he spent many days admiring Hua's efforts before finding the courage to step into his footprints.
As he carefully repeats Hua's movements, the young monk says he plans to carry on the ritual when the older monk stops.
'Every day I come here and every day I look at the piece of wood, and it has inspired me to continue to make the footprints myself,' he said.
-via Oddity Central
Comments (2)
Now that I think about it in those terms, 3:20 is pretty slack. I can't cut out of work after 3+ hours. You should be able to knock off at least 5,000 in a standard 8-hr shift, with a half-hour break for lunch. Back to work, lazy monk!
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I am from Delaware. As far as I know there is no iconic state sandwich. We tend to eat a lot of Philly cheesesteaks. I'll be interested to see what she comes up with.
I am from Connecticut, too! Before I make each sandwich I do a good bit of research on the internet and there are even a few books about state sandwiches. I will admit, for some states it is a bit harder to find just one sandwich to represent the entire state.
Sorry you don't agree with the chicken parmigiana but I had quite a few growing up in Connecticut and it does represent the state's large Italian American population.
Clearly I am no expert, but I am enjoying this delicious journey!
Kelly
@ John — reubens are so easy to make, I can't believe I haven't done it before! We definitely had some delicious leftovers but mainly just for lunch and dinner :)
Thanks for writing about my project, hope you follow along on Twitter @StatelySandwich!
p.s. Keroa: fluffernutters were definitely a lunchbox staple for me!