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31 May 2007

to Tibet - Day Thirteen: The Dang

Boom! Out of Xigatse and off to Tsedang. Some big fucking bronze Buddha jammed into another monastery building. FAQ sheet states 22.4 metres tall making it the world's largest gilded bronze Buddhist statue. Congratulations. An impressive feat with many plates that looked crudely bolted on and his painted face won the vote for the world's creepiest Buddha. Big is big. I don't care how Buddhist you are, the bigger they are the harder they wank and the larger the pile of shit the more flies you attract. So many tombs for Lama's that are unrealistically large with literal tonnes of gold and scores of valuable gems and bullshit. The guy attained inner peace, enlightenment and has transcended this world on a lotus petal helicopter. I thought that was the point, so what is all this other crap? It's starting to look like a god damned pissing contest on who is more enlightened or who thinks they are more enlightened, i can't figure it out.

joel

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