What happened to being content with the concept of having nothing? You know, staring into a wall for days at an end, eating nothing but rice and vegetables, getting up a 4 in the morning to meditate - the usual monk stuff.
This here seems more like a little monk-ey business if you ask me.
"I dream of getting a bigger prize next year"... Why not just take the whole monk-ey thing and move it to Hollywood while you're at it?
Story:
The abbot of the Shaolin temple in the central province of Henan, Shi Yongxin, was rewarded with a spectacular sports sedan worth 1 million Yuan (US$125, 000) for his contributions to the local tourism industry, the Henan-based Dahe Daily reported on August 15.
"I will try my best to promote martial arts to the world in an attempt to boost local tourism. I dream of getting a bigger prize next year, " says the abbot who is in charge of a place widely considered as the birthplace of China's famed Kungfu action.
But the contentious move is likely to stir heated discussion.
Eighty-two respondents do not consider that giving a luxury sedan to a monk is proper, according to a questionnaire conducted by sina.com, one of China's leading web portals.
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