Just ran into a Thiền Buddhist Monk today

[Aaron]

I was walking down the road today, in my little run down middle of nowhere town (Aberdeen, WA) and what do I see, a man in brown robes walking down the street. I call out, "are you a Buddhist?" To which he replies, "Yes I am." We then proceed to have a discussion from either side of the road, until finally I run over to talk to him.

 

Ends up he moved to the area to be a chaplain at the local prison. When he retired he remained. He told me that there were actually two temples in the area, one in Olympia and another further down south near the Columbia River Valley. The kicker was that there is a weekly meditation meeting in my town. I tell you what, that was the last thing I expected to find, but I'm certainly happy I did.

 

I'll let you know if I end up going to the meditation meeting.

 

Aaron

[SecretGrotto]

Why did the Taoist cross the road?

 

To talk to the Buddhist on the other side...