Open the book to page 123.
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1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1)
'We went deep into the cave until we came to a wall, at the place where the temple's most famous priest had meditated for ten years. I explained to Wen Zu how Bodhidharmo was an Indian monk who had travelled all across China. Arriving at the temple he found that the monks were weak and soft, often falling sleep while meditating. He incorporated a training regimen in order to harden their bodies and minds. This was the foundation both of the strength and of the eventual fall of the temple, years after the Indian monk had already left them.
'"Why?" Wen Zu, the future emperor asked me.
'The monks became the best fighters in the country.
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1)
'We went deep into the cave until we came to a wall, at the place where the temple's most famous priest had meditated for ten years. I explained to Wen Zu how Bodhidharmo was an Indian monk who had travelled all across China. Arriving at the temple he found that the monks were weak and soft, often falling sleep while meditating. He incorporated a training regimen in order to harden their bodies and minds. This was the foundation both of the strength and of the eventual fall of the temple, years after the Indian monk had already left them.
'"Why?" Wen Zu, the future emperor asked me.
'The monks became the best fighters in the country.
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng.