Leaving Your Mark
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No, this isn’t some fancy Photoshop trick, these are real human footprints ingrained in a hardwood floor.
70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. Now that he is 70, he says that he has greatly reduced his quantity of prayers to 1,000 times each day.
The footprints have become a source of inspiration to younger monks at the temple. “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,” Genden Darji, a 29 year-old monk in the monastery, notes.
Photos from Reuters.
3000 times a day and all he got was a lousy t-shirt.
Stupid dick.
watch your mouth you disrespecting curr. how dare you! if you had half the dedication he has to his life right now, you would be dead
I would not like to be forced to sniff those footprints. must be minging!
3000 times a day? that works out to about once every 30 seconds… I’m not doubting that the guy prays all day, but that number isn’t feasible.
“Curr” rofl…who the fuck uses “curr” anymore. Kill yourself.
beautiful!
Sad
Way to waste a life, dick.
3000 times a day? I have serious doubts about that. 30 times at the outside would be my guess.
Does he also change positions from standing to prostrate 3000 times a day?
Even if he did prostrate himself 3000 times a day, the wood floor would not wear that way.
I suspect the floor was carved in order to boost tourism, or reputation.
Cheers,
Rick
perhaps his way of praying only takes 10 seconds, so if 3000 times a day means he has 30 seconds to do each one then going by the theory of 10 seconds, he still has 2/3s of the day to himself to do what he wants…
still, i have better things to do with my life than to worship a god who doesn’t exist… but i still respect his right to believe in something that doesn’t exist and to do what he wants with his life!
wonder how he liked the new Babylon AD movie….
1) You’re forgetting to calculate in time to sleep, as well as eat.
2) You’re forgetting to add in the time to get to his “spot”
Just with these two additions, it is completely impossible to pray 3000 times a day unless he does nothing but pray for 10 seconds, stand up, and repeat all day.
Waste of brain.
So if you follow this guy you get to touch wood all day? No thanks.
The wood is not an issue…his dedication, belief, commitment to a higher consciousness, lack of ego, lack of attachment to the superficial, simplicity & clarity of life, happiness & compassion with our fellow human beings is the point here. We must respect & honour our Monks & Nuns (Sangha) to them success in life has a different perspective to us. Choose not to judge & be happy
He can do whatever he so chooses with HIS life. If he’s happy with it, it’s not wasted.
People with a vocabulary larger than “f**-d***-f***” still use “curr”… Vapid philistines.
Super fake. Maybe he should have prayed for god to intervene with the occupation of his government in Tibet. Fail.
Just a note.
Buddhism doesn’t have a god or gods. It’s about personal ethics.
All that time to leave one deep footprint in one place, when he could have left an immeasurable number all over the world. Imagine if everyone in the world followed this path…
@ Vajrayogini: thank you ….. i was gonna have to say it if no one else did.
Shopped.
Prayer, the best way to do nothing while thinking you’re doing something.
Curr and Vapid philistine, very cool!
Nice to hear someone with a vocabulary for a change, don’t mind the assholes, they’re not worth the trouble.
evidence that even monks need pedicures from time to time
How much of a vocabulary can you have if you can’t spell the three-letter word “cur”?
What a waste of a life, that monk’s. He could have done some real good in his life with that kind of dedication. Being a doctor or a researcher leaps to mind. Instead he wasted 70 years talking to himself, which is all prayer is. There’s no god. Again, what a waste.
Some people scam others their whole lives, some holy men preach foul words or touch children or use the money of the congregation for ill purposes. Some teach, some sing, some paint, some blog, and some pray. What’s wrong with praying for your whole life? Everyone has their purpose here.
It’d be cool if it were true. As many others have said so far, those numbers are impossible, and who’s counting? What counts as each pray (I go to the homeless shelter for a few hours a day - how do I count that? “I volunteer 3000 times a day!”)?
Did he mark the exact spot and line his feet up to the mark with the intent of ingraining his feetprints there?
Nothing of this story makes sense, and that’s too bad.
Actually, that’s not too bad. That monk could have been doing something that betters the world - volunteering, researching, science, medical anything - but he didn’t do any of that - instead he stood there and did nothing for anyone else, nothing of worth to the world.
UP TO 3000 time a day. Not always 3000 times a day. Semantically speaking, that means he only had to pray 3000 times once, not an impossible feat at all.
what is he praying to? a statue of stone or a peice of wood. Waste of life
Ok, for those who are baffled by the whole “pray 3000 times a day” thing. It would have been more accurate to say “prostrates himself 3000 times a day” which means to go from standing to prone (flat on his front). Notice the pads for his hands to slide on. People actually make pilgrimages this way, one body length at a time. Does this actually make it anything more than superstition? Not really. And to say Buddhism ‘is’ a system of personal ethics is really off base. There are many sects and variations of Buddhism, and Tibetan Buddhism is sort of like the Roman Catholic church of Buddhism, large and terribly dogmatic. Certainly some ideas in Buddhism are worth exploring, but so many people succumb to the everything is true or everything is false fallacy that pretty much all attempts at organizing a belief system fail miserably. Learn to think critically and you’ll be much better off. Buddha wasn’t a Buddhist.
Dedication, Persistence, Faith, Piety….things most people today do not know well and have no right to slander someone who is old enough to be most of yours grand or great grand parents. Yes he could have been a researcher but I am sure there is his equal in all fields already or have been. Just because you do not believe in anything besides what you see do not mock someone else’s faith.
Just because I see doesn’t mean I believe it. Just like I saw a picture of Santa Clause. He’s not real either.
I say no way is this one true.
Tim
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1155980/Is-miracle-Monk-prays-left-footprints-ingrained-FLOOR.html
It’s over 9000 times a day
theres 86,400 seconds in a day so that would make him have to pray 28.8 seconds or less like forgive me booda or something of the sort
unless im mistaken then my bad
Hello!
First, I don’t think Tongren is in Tibet; neither is Hua Chi a Tibetan name — it’s Han.
To the person who said he could have spent his time better as a researcher or physician: it’s possible he figured it was better to press his head to a wooden floor 3,000 times a day than to become a doctor and risk saving the life of some shrill, smug asshole who spends his time online, badmouthing others’ devotion.
Here’s another, less pissed-off retort: doctors help people postpone death, which is noble; yet a monk like this helps people purge their FEAR of death, which is a miracle, for lack of a better word.
You curs!
With Enormous Love
Waste of his life? What is this shit all about?
He wasted his life being happy? Instead of having a cellphone, a job, and all the worries and fears of living in the western world with no enlightenment or true selse of self?
I mean really.
Be happy for a change.
If you believe God does not exist, then it is a wasted life.
If you believe God does exist, then he listened the first time and it is a wasted life.
besides, who paid for him to have the privilege of not supporting himself while others need support………wasted life
Darla, I’m sorry, but it is custom in Chinese monasteries to have farms attached, so that they can support themselves. I’m sure, since you examine the lives of monks for waste so closely, that you examine yourself equally closely, so I will not ask the obvious question of whether you are wasting time you could have been spending on charity.
“Prayer” isn’t a great word or what he is doing, by the way. He is practicing humility, so that it comes to replace a habit of pride. So, in that sense, I guess it would be kind of silly if he came to be proud of his footprints!
I wonder, how many of the “wasted life” commenters are Americans…?
Interesting how people can doubt that this guy’s feet could produce the imprint. Think about it: a sander (for example) works by vibrating over the same spot very quickly, right? So is it not actually feasible that a person’s feet - while not as rough as sandpaper - could achieve the same effect by doing essentially the same thing over a longer time period.
Note: time for sleeping/eating in this man’s day would be far less than in yours!
Can you say OCD!
Must have a lot of anxiety to pray so much. Shoulda just tried xanax. Its a good sub for religion/meditation.
Why should one’s life be spent in service of the world? Why is it so bad a thing to just experience life? And why does that experience have to be physical? This man, for all of his staid physicality, was experiencing a journey of self, of something less tangible to the body and more to the mind, or more pointedly, the spirit. Some of us see that as a waste and so travel the world looking to better other’s experience and that is no less noble. But to cut down a man who has chosen to experience life in a way different from others is an expression of hypocrisy and naivete. It’s all a matter of perception.
I’m pretty sure that if you’re able to get up and down 500 times a day, and you do this for 10 years, that you will eventually be able to do it 3000 times or more. As for sleeping and eating, aren’t these guys somewhat known for neglecting those needs as a way of getting rid of the physical? I don’t see why every one is bitching about it when it’s not THAT unbelievable. I mean there’s are people that have done some far more incredible stuff.
Note: incredible here is to be taken as “difficult to believe”
and what the hell is a cur?
What a way to waste your entire life away.
Those footprints look raised, not ingrained. If they were ingrained, the deepest parts would be darkest instead of lightest.
What a crock of complete bollocks. If it is true he is a dick. Get a life nob brain.
you people are all morons and need to be lined up and shot.
Wastedest life - ever.
I admire his dedication… I know that I could never do that.
That’s photoshopped. I can tell from the pixels in the footprints, plus I’ve seen some ’shops in my day.
Power level of over 9000.
i find this dissing ironic since half of the guys on here are wasting more time of their lives on computers than anything else!
3000 thousand times a day sounds possible. He could just stand at the same spot and pray 3000 times for a couple of hours. We don’t know how long his prayers are.
Yes but did prayer change shit ?
I could do that in a few hours with my woodworking tools
Those of you who doubt his supposed 3000 prayers don’t understand anything about Buddhism. He is clearly shown doing prostrations in those pictures. This is how you do a prostration: 1) Raise your hands above your head. 2) touch your head throat and heart 3) extend yourself fully on the floor
That’s it. You still don’t think it’s possible do 3000 of those a day and still have time to eat or drink? You need to take some time away from the computer and exercise.
Also, those of you who think he has wasted his life, his mind and body are probably in such perfect harmony that every waking (and probably sleeping) moment of his life is pure bliss.
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jesus hates you.
You idiots sit in front of a computer masturbating all day and you say he wastes his life?
A wasted life? And what should he be doing? Sitting on the couch, swilling coke and eating Doritos while watching TV? Working 9 to 5 for minimium wage so he can spend it at WalMart? Ruining thousands with a Ponzi sceme. Signing executive orders for wiretapping and torture. Or should he just troll from his laptop?
I’ve got to stop reading comments … it’s just too discouraging.
Wow, that is truly amazing. Well done dude! Well done! Monks ROCK!
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Something about tibetan monk wood makes me hard.
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I read half the comments to this article, and I feel I wasted much more time than most of you feel this man did. I just wasted more telling you imbeciles; the ones who can’t even look up the correct spelling of “Buddha”.
Most of you religious people here realize he’s going to burn in your hell for all eternity, right?
Great photo’s. Whether you believe the photo’s or not, a dedicated monks life is very disciplined.
As for the replies. The inane comments about a ‘wasted life’ miss the point that existance is never wasted, unless you believe it to be so and the ones that believe so require further life experience.
Waste of life? Dick? What is wrong with you people? This is what materialism does to the human mind. Read Siddartha by Hermann Hesse and you’ll see why this is impressive. Educate yourself a little bit before you start judging people.
to JW Smith… you’re assuming that everyone here who left negative comments spend all their time online/ doing meaningless stuff and everyone noting how great it is must be amazing? talk about hypocritical. everyone uses the internet… you included.
there’s nothing wrong with living. some people do lead modern lives that do have meaning. not believing in a god or not spending your life in service to some higher meaning does NOT mean you’re wasting your life. you have a life so that you can LIVE. that’s all.
I love how all these idiots from digg or wherever are coming here and laughing at this monk for ‘worshipping a god that doesnt exist’… Oh how amusing that you think buddhists worship some sort of god, or worship ANYTHING for that matter! At least consult wikipedia before you open your mouth next time ya twats.
Damn that’s some dedication! One thing is for sure, his feet are probably hard as that wood.
Haters hate cause they don’t comprehend and sure as the sun, they can never do what this man has accomplished! Yes accomplished, cause it’s his life and not yours to dic-hate on hehe. Not everybody sits around all day eating fat burgers and pizza while fapping to porn sites, haters! And yes dude, Buddhism isn’t a religion, but deep fundamental practices to elevate a person’s body and mind in order to sustain a super-tolerance towards the stupidity of ignorant idiotic people in this world hehe.
I’m out.
to all those denying the existence of God or a higher power:
just because you don’t or won’t believe doesn’t make it magically true. learn for yourself. don’t be a social stereotype.
Ha I mean he has dedication., even if it is for something retarded you have to respect the dedication.
@mattblackall, et al
he’s buddhist. he doesn’t pray to a god.
Studying in Hong Kong has really showed me how much people capitalize on religion here. We’re talking ancestral shrines with attached gift shops.
This looks like a pretty good marketing tactic. If a monastery can attract more monks, they recruit a lot of free labor, and will collect substantial donations from his family, if they can afford it.
As to the “wasted life” thing, I like that his belief structure doesn’t require him to shout at me about hell and damnation in public. Contributing nothing to society is still several degrees better than most other religions I’ve encountered.
he photoshopped it with a carving knife
@ Meta:
Why does everyone think of Americans when the topic of “wasted life” comes up? Maybe I’m the only one who thinks this particular stereotype is ridiculous. Maybe you should visit America one day (on a plane that an American invented) and see how wrong you and your media are. Let’s face it: we’re all equally pathetic, no matter which country we’re from.
At least this Buddhist is trying to better himself in spite of people like you.
Dejando marca…
Esto no es un truco de Photoshop, son huellas reales de pies humanos marcadas sobre madera dura. El monje budista Hua Chi ha estado rezando durante 20 años, unas 3000 veces al día, colocado exactamente en el mismo lugar, este es el resultado…
1) Its fast, and he could easily do it 3000 times.. so Enough of that..
2) There is no God in Buddhism.. So what the hell are you talking about?
3) I don’t see why he would want to increase tourism by faking the imprints.. That’s kind of.. Not how it works. They want to disconnect themselves from material objects.. Not get money from tourists..
4) I would go on about how saying he ‘Wasted his life’ is the most simple minded thing I’ve heard all year.. But I’m sure if you’ve read any of the comments from some of the half-intelligent people on here; you’ve already gotten the message.
5) I <3 being Buddhist ; )
@Debbie, it looks pretty clear to me that they are concave, not convex, and the photographer used a flash. Bright light shined directly into an indentation will do wonders for the whole “in shadow” thing.
I know a guy whose dog ran the same circuit in the backyard over and over enough to where there was a little mini-racetrack dug into the grass by his paws. When the dog died, the grass grew back, and there was no record of the dog’s life.
It will take a lot longer for the monk’s similar effort to be forgotten.
Interesting how the religion is called “dogma”. c.f. “like a dog” as in doing things because you are told to, “sit” “stay” “roll over” “pray 300 thousand times per day”.
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For those who have said that he’s wasting his time and should be doing something more meaningful than praying. If you follow the link that’s in one of the comments you’ll find that he prays in the mornings (1000 times on a good day or 500 if it’s cold and his bones are aching), he then walks around the temple for a while and then he goes to WORK as a DOCTOR. So he’s not wasting his life. He’s a doctor of traditional medicine and a devout follower of his faith.
In fact, this is possible. I’ve seen wood tools (like hammers, for example) used by the same man for 20-30 years. The fingers and hand of the man where imprinted in the wood. I don’t have a picture, sorry, but I don’t think this is unreal. And for the “wasted life”, I really think I’m wasting my life, here, sitting in this stupid computer. This guy, at least, knew exactly what he wanted and did the fucking thing. Do you think he cares about your opinion? For him the most of you probably are a very laughable bunch of scared, lost and pathetic little egos that are going to vanish in void when they die, and no one will remember. In fact, he maybe think you are reflecting your own insecurity. “Totally wasted life” –maybe is someone who don’t know what he/she wants. “God does not exist, this is stupid!” –Maybe you can overcome your loss of faith, and realize that you don’t need proselytism in atheism. What are you going to do? declare religion, philosophy and meditation illegal? Fuck off.
In the mind and memory of their people, this guy is fucking immortal. You can say that, bitch? YOU WILL NOT BE REMEMBERED WHEN YOU DIE. Accept that. When you and all the people you know and knows you die and be forgotten, this guy will be known and remembered and maybe legends and myths will grow from the story of his life. Are you a living fucking legend?
Know what? I’m going to meditate. I was an atheist until today, but I’m fucking tired of you, smart asses. There is a fucking Something beyond the duality of being/not being, and I’m going to find it. You stupid pseudo-atheists. You know nothing about nothing. Please read a book, or just stay silent and listen something besides your own flatulence. Worthless and wasted generation. Please stay with your xanax and valium and stuff. Try to die, if you can, and stop suffering and making us suffer. Move on.
This has got to be “THE MOST” amusing blog post and comment roll I’ve read, EVER! I can barely type I’m laughing so hard. The best part about this is that it got everyone talking and thinking about what they’re actually doing with their lives; wasting it, not wasting it, taking it seriously, not taking it seriously… it’s just too much. It all really cracks me up.
The pictures have prompted me to look at look at my keyboard and the amazing thing is that with all the typing I do I’ve worn a picture of my great-aunt Mable into the space bar just under the “N”.
Another interesting fact is that I don’t appear to use the “F” keys except for “F5″. It’s really amazing! I think the dust in my office has religious leanings.
When I start hearing voices from my monitor I’ll set up a pixel religion and you can all contribute.
Enough of this banter, I was hoping to make the longest post here but I got bored. I don’t think I would make a good monk.
Oh, by the way, I’m not American! Just because they behave so abysmally where ever they go, speak loudly, claim to have invented the aeroplane… Hang on, back up there! The patriotic American who feels the need to massage themselves in front of everyone, get real? I think that’s the phrase you’ll understand.
What I would really like, is for you to come on over to the administrative assistant jobs post and check out the positions vacant for dedicated individuals who will leave their own mark on a company. Preferably without damaging the floors.
Buddhism “prayer” is like repeating a six syllable phrase over and over. So 3000 times a day is actually not very much.
I doubt very seriously the monks would mind any of these comments, if they chose to invest their time in reading them, which they most likely would not. Cool Story though.
He down with OCD? Yeah, you know me.
He down with OCD? Yeah, you know me.
Those toenails could carve through concrete!
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So how bout them Yankees?
What does he hope to get? A cookie? Dumb fucker threw his life away.
he needs a pedicure.
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Shut the fuck up, Firespell.
those who don’t understand his dedication to meditation will never see the fruit of such profound tools
waste of a life?
the life is living in your head
open up to some of these possibilities…
people do things for very real reasons and if you don’t take time to investigate and be aware of those things from THEIR subjective perspective you’ll never understand a damn thing in your life
to you who reads this and understands, hello.
Those 120ish comments could’ve been spared if you idiots had (at leas) read the Wikipedia page about Buddhism beforehand.
wow, there are so many ignorant people…
Wow that’s astonishing. 3000 times a day? I stand in disbelief but, Not much I can do actually. But crikey. 3000? He would have to perform each prayer in 30 seconds. Crikey…
G’day,
Mickie
bhjgi689tr
OK Here’s my opinion. NO I didn’t read all the comments, that was just too horrible and too cruel for me to continue to read.
NOW: Judge not lest ye be judged. Not sure where it came from, but there you go. Most of the people on here commenting the oh so righteous “he wasted his life, boo hoo” Seriously, what are you doing? Saving countries from starvation? Curing AIDS or Cancer? Finding a product that will forever stop the need for nicotine or alcohol? No. Most of you are probably fat slobs sitting at home drinking a beer.
Now that’s an example of a wasted life if you ask me
nam myoho renge kyo
Oh my God; this guy has wasted his life big time, seriously why should anyone have the right to freedom? We should all be slaves to convention and have no life at all beyond the bounds of sitting at a PC and slagging off a monk for his beliefs and way of life.
What an enlightened view point.
I left a similiar mark in the wood floor of the apt that I lived on on 32nd St. The only difference was that I left an impression of my cock. I have similiar behaviours to this douchbag, you see. Except I jerk of that many times a day.. Except for one prayer a day. I reserve that prayer to appeal for the eradication of all stupid religions like this guy’s.Fucking douchbag. His mother should have flushed his dumbass down the fucking toilet when he was born
Another fine example of religion wasting a life.
I agree with Leah. If you’re going to complain about how someone wasted their life, why not do something yourself that shows a life not wasted? Hmm? Why not do that instead of spending countless hours on the internet messing around? Does StumbleUpon ring any bells? Why not do something worthy of remembering and see how you like it when your work is posted on the internet, only to be shot down by insolent fools like yourselves?
For all we know, the footprints could have been created by frequent prayers during a particularly rainy season. From what i can tell, there’s nothing “protecting” the hardwood floors from the elements.
What was he praying for ?
The winning lotto numbers
who was he praying to ?
The hooker that stole his wallet
I read about this story. He did not leave the mark by praying there every day lol. People are so gullible. A pilgrim came there one day and carved it out.
Eww, his feet! He should stop wasting time with his stupid praying and take care of some personal hygiene. Fucking gross!
It’s amazing the impact daily habits can have. Usually the impact isn’t a visible indentation, but rather an internal change.
Pile of buffalo chips
3,000 prayers a day and 3,000 of them useless. Nothing fails like prayer. A totally wasted like, not to mention a perfectly good HW floor.
aw come on, you can’t know that prayer fails. like, how often do you pray? can we see some statistics of failed prayer? prayer is answered, just not in the way we expect it, and not straight away. people that say that prayer fails are just impatient and have never tried it before!
and he didnt nesseccarily pray there 3000 times a day, he could just be thinking prayers, while doing other things. easy. silly people, why are you so quick to judge?
xlolx
Wasted life…hmmm, I spend all my life believing in God and if it is true as I believe it is,I go to Heaven…if not then no one will know that I wasted my life as we will all be rotting in the ground
The age old mystery ‘The meaning of Life’.
What is it?
What does it mean?
Why were we created?
Are we just a battery, an energy source of the matrix?
Some people decide to use their time on Earth to be rich and famous, some prefer protecting the trees, others prefer to use their time praying.
Doesn’t matter what we do, we’re all just doing something to keep us occupied till the day we don’t wake up.
Sad but True.
I myself prefer an adrenaline rush rather than a spiritual gain, but like previously stated, we are all just keeping occupied.
Oh and the Earth was created 4billion years ago.
Humans and all creatures have evolved over time.
Religion is an unintelligent explanation for the creation of life.
Peace.
Ahhh religiion, praying all day to go to “heaven” - A guy in the sky who listens to EVERYONE’S prayers (we just can’t understand his power - biggest cop-out i’ve ever heard) yet the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairly - that’s just crazy!
PS: all our prayers are answered - they’re answered by “yes, not, or not yet” - 2nd biggest cop-out ever. Seems there’s always an open answer for every religious question.
A lot of people here don’t seem to understand Buddhism at all. In fact, they just seem anti religious for the sake of being anti religious (three cheers for the internet). Would you rather he left butt cheek imprints on couch cushions like most people do?
in the end - it would do just about the same thing. And it’s not Anti-religious - we just don’t believe in it. It’s not a “I hate religion.” (for me anyway) Its got its good points and morals - but a lot of them are messed up and taken the wrong way and out of context. They’re believed waaaaay to literally.
The meaning of life is whatever you want it to be.
This man just happens to know what he wants it to be, which is something I can’t surely say for myself.
why do you people get so flustered from a picture? It’s amazing.
Also, whatever people believe is their problem - who is anyone to say what does or doesn’t exist? Why do millions of people live by way of Catholicism? I can easily say it doesn’t exist.
Imagine this: you believe in Jesus but when you die and let’s say you go to the gate of heaven. There stands Allah and he says you’re going to ‘hell’ because you’ve eaten pork (bacon) all your life. What do you do then? Why don’t we just try to believe in ourselves and try to better the world we live in - realistically? Let the monk pray, you do your own thing - whatever that may be. To each his own.
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i cannot fathom these people who want to whine and cry that he should have done something else with his life - “He could have done some real good in his life with that kind of dedication. Being a doctor or a researcher leaps to mind. Instead he wasted 70 years talking to himself, which is all prayer is. ” etc etc etc
and what are you all doing? making ignorant comments on an article on the internet….. who the hell are YOU? what are you doing that is so much better? let’s all line up and have you tell us exactly what YOU would like us to do.
So who exactly is paying for this failure to eat and have a place to sleep? Fucking leech.
This picture has created such an interesting philosophical discussion on what constitutes a wasted life. A few people here have said that being a doctor is a worthy pursuit for ones life but not to pray or meditate. If you follow this link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1155980/Is-miracle-Monk-prays-left-footprints-ingrained-FLOOR.html
you will read that he actually is a medical doctor. So is his life not wasted now? Or is just the part of his life when he prays and meditates wasted? I went for a walk in central park this morning; was that part of my life a waste? I rather enjoyed it. So, to all of you in the “his life is a waste” camp, what constitutes a life not wasted? Seriously, I’m curious about your views on the subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNvfganswpI&feature=related
the pilgrims here do it a lot on this video.
Quote: “Way to waste a life, dick.”
All roads lead to rome.
Monks will do anything to trick you
‘I wonder, how many of the “wasted life” commenters are Americans…?’
No more likely than anyone else. The world is blanketed in ignorance (like this comment roll shows) and common / minimal effort opinion buy-in (yourself).
fascinating. his dedication is admirable.
Life FAIL
it’s with great regret that I add to this discussion. you see, the monk pictured here is a patient of mine at the institute of religious child botherers.
his name is guru aimar alleee bongo and it should be known that there is a kindergarten in the room below the one he “prays” in (have a look at the pictures again).
also i think singing sensation susan boyle and the outbreak of swine flu may be related.
Love all the ‘waste of a life’ comments by Cheetoh eating, web-surfing, mom’s basement dwellers.
Maybe he’s praying so much to make up for all the times others never did. Maybe… HIS prayers are helping keep this world alive. Does anyone know what the word Sacrafice means? Hm… interesting…
hey hey, leave the “waste of life” people alone. I’m sure they were just putting in their two cents in between ending police brutality and talking care of this swine flu thing.
‘I wonder, how many of the “wasted life” commenters are Americans…?’
Um…jeez, i wonder how many aren’t. Take a chill pill and a second to enjoy life, guys. Everyone’s entitled to live and do want they want with their life.
And all of you Americans should take a tip to America. You may ind out that you Europeans are just the same.
Peace out!
Man you guys are mean saying how he has wasted his life.
Monks put a lot of dedication into their life. Monks do a lot of cool stuff, like gardening, artwork, and even brewing beer! Praying like this is a major aspect of their life, but I am sure they don’t spend one moment regretting it! Why else would they do it?
These kind of blogs are a waste of time, effort and as it so important here…life. How many hours of bitching and scrutinising other people for their way of life or beliefs does it take for you cunts feel better about your life?
sorry to sound hypocritical now but Peace Peace, if you are going try and make a valid point or opinion, make sure it makes sense before you air it to the world.
Also, im sure us Europeans are the same in many ways unfortunately, other than the usual stereo typing which Americans are famous for such as racism, Christian fanatics and the modern day movement to world domination.
By “prayers” they mean mantras, so it’s not that difficult to do 3,000 in a day, especially if it’s a short one like Om Mani Padme Hung. Bye the way, there are some highly evolved Tibetan yogis who can leave the foot and hand prints in stone. To the unobscured mind this life is a dream and nothing is solid–a view being increasingly promulgated in quantum physics.
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If the print is 1.2 inches deep it should have significant wear when he steps up to to, all that floor seams fine. Also the foot mark should be elongated by the sliding on the way up. Dodgy
On one hand, that level of dedication to what he believes is admirable.
On the other hand, I’m reminded of the dude in the story, who spent his whole life reading the Bible and praying, and then died.
God: What did you do with the time I gave you on Earth?
Dude: I read your word and prayed with all my heart.
God: Did you have a family to love, children to guide up in my ways?
Dude: No, Lord. All my love went to you; I had none left for a family and no time for children, because all my time went into your word.
God: Well, did you enjoy the good food and drink that I blessed the world with?
Dude: No, Lord. I ate simple things and did not let them take my mind off you.
God: Oh. Did you walk in nature and see all the wonders of the world that I created?
Dude: No, Lord. I spent all my time in prayer and study of your word and did not let the things of the world distract me.
God: Oh… Well, did you do good deeds for your fellow man that is also my child?
Dude: No, Lord. Every minute of every day went into praying and studying your word. I had no time for other people’s concerns.
God: So let me get this straight. You didn’t use your life to help people, or to enjoy the world I sent you to, or to make a family to give your love to.
So God sent him to Hell for wasting his life–not for what he had done, but for the fact that he hadn’t done anything else.
Certain buddhist practices involve doing large amounts of prostrations to diety figures. In particular there is the vajrayana ‘ngondro’, which is part of the vajra ‘preliminaries’. This practice involves a commitment to many, many thousands of prostrations within a course of time. For instance, a common figure is 100,000 within 5 years. That’s about 100/day minimum for five years, and this is part of any vajra monk’s training. During prostration practice, that’s typically all you do. There is no pause between prostrations, or only a very brief one, a few seconds at most.
http://zencast.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/prostrations-a-buddhist-exercise-program-updated/
http://www.drukpa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10:ngondro&catid=38:gdrukpa&Itemid=14
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There is an old cobbler’s cottage in the town where I grew up. It’s now just a residential cottage, but in the front room, where the cobbling used to take place, there are deep footprints in the clay brick floor. It’s a sign of amazing dedication and concentration. A sign that we will rarely see in this world, and understand it even less.
I wish someone would develop an app that would let me pray 3000 times a day, so I could facebook too.
maybe he was praying for some linoleum.
Silly Goyim!
I for one, am impressed. It’s like a poem that took a lifetime to write, only as permanent as the wood it’s impressed upon.
If the monk were to read the comments made here about his accomplishment, I’m sure he’d agree with all of them. He’s smart enough understand there’s truth in both flattering and derisive observations. None will make any difference in his life.
I’ve stopped reading replies to this article, because this man is far greater than words.
@english guy
Haha the modern day movement for world domination. You make me laugh. Since the English were so pathetic at holding on to world domination, and now are too weak to do it, you decide to jump on America for it. so funny. You sure ur not just jealous that England is done and there’s nothing you can do about it?
Just a thought.
As for the monk, I admire his dedication. There is a lot of will power in that man. A life wasted? I think not. If everyone was as dedicated and motivated as him, this world would be a better place. Also, he is a doctor, so figure that out people. Your comments are ill informed and lacking of basic understanding of this man’s life.
It is the Buddhist belief that to obtain enlightenment, one needs to let go of earthly desires. He had no need for time as it is only a unit of measurement created to further the non-Buddhist belief of permanence. He has accomplished more in his life by obtaining peace and tranquility than any of you who sit here at your PC during your WoW breaks and ridicule him. And the beautiful thing about it is that a monk in his religion wouldnt mind the ridicule and the offcolor insults. Part of obtaining enlightenment is taking on the suffering and insults of others. As for the 3000 times a day, thats the life of an ascetic. There’s a little more to the world then websites and single minded religions.
Why why why can no one see something that they disagree with and then not make a fool of themselves?
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I find it strange that the people who are defending this dude’s wasted life are using the worse language and have the most anger. I find that most ironic, yet typical. I’m not surprised at all. Hating in a religion’s name is nothing new, just hypocritical as hell.
“up to” 3000 times a day
it’s cool how people are critical of a monk who truly shows devotion to something… as opposed to people who want to do nothing and be nothing because it’s easy or whatever
What planet are you guys on?
Of course its feesible to pray 3000 times a day, do you think Buddhists go through the whole ‘our father, who art in heaven etc etc…’?
a prayer can be as short as a few words, a chant or a mantra so to chant 3000 times per day could take a few hours. its perfectly beleivable and greatly inspirational.
I wish I had his motivation.
My remark above was not aimed at everyone who commented, only the idiots that ‘dont believe it’ or made crude remarks about wasting time….(pot-Kettle-black?)
How is spending your entire life praying in one spot doing anything positive for anyone? I don’t get the theory here. Why doesn’t he spend his time raising a garden to share food with others or something useful. Seems like he is trying to prove he is the Worlds best at not being human and that is all ego driving that train.
Its amazing how mean and intolerant ‘free’ people can be when they witness someone exercising their freedom, just because I doesn’t fit in with how they think things should be.
For all those people who keep bitchin about him not helping out the rest of the world:
“Hua, who is also a doctor of traditional medicine, hopes his dedication will take him closer to his goal - a smooth transition to the afterlife.”
He is a friggin doctor…learn how to do research, then maybe you’ll learn a the skills to help people yourself.
Mike on April 19th, 2009 at 10:12 pm wrote:
Yes but did prayer change shit ?
Can you prove it didn’t, Mike? Just askin….
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OK Adam and Buddhist you guys are 2 of the very few good people in the world. technically i am a catholic christian but i want to be a Theravada Buddhist. as for a wasted life? apparently a lot of you people don’t want to see past the illusion that is life with enlightenment which is only achieved by meditating and (for Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhists) praying. I think, I don’t know i don’t study those sections of Buddhism and I also don’t consider myself Buddhist
You all are really annoying.
Instead of sitting there and trying to find out all the reasons for why this is wrong or a ” waste of life ” can’t you just take the value of the idea?
Whether its photo shopped or not, or if he really prays 3000 times a day. Its about the fact that when you put your all into something your hard work will in some way show.
Its suppose to be inspiring and give an example that dedication will shine through, whether its visible or not.
Stop over analyzing this and take it for what it is.
So what if he doesn’t pray 3000 times a day, the author might of over exaggerated.
And if you think praying and dedicating your whole heart to something is a “waste of life” you might want to look at your own life because sitting around on the internet and trash talking things you see seems like a waste of life to me.
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Hadn’t he moved his toe(s) a bit when he’d prayed in the last 20 years? That was impossible!
Propaganda by Chinese Communist Buddhism.
China had and will continue to do impossible/unimaginable things — They use human placenta for medicine, they eat human fetuses for longevity …
At the presence; they invade their neighbouring countries, cross their maritime borders, patrol the invaded areas, and claim them to be theirs. What is happening to Tibet, Vietnam, Philippines, even all the way down to Malaysia … is good example.
China is the new Soviet Union. Americans, watch out!
Jeebers, There are an awful a lot of cynical people in the world.
This Monk is just one of many many many who join together, peacefully for a greater good, without judgement, Bless:)
Style of the decoration is very beautiful, very lovely. .
The agony of defeat…Guy must have terrific arches…
I’d just like to know how many of the people who call this a ‘waste of life’ are actually doing the things they say would be useful - for example, researching, being a doctor, etc., instead of randomly Stumbling Upon news articles, or being intolerant of other faiths and cultures.
Way to save the world, guys. Way to save the world.
Where is my belt sander…I’ll fix that for him…..
[...] The footprints in this board are from 70 year old Buddhist monk Hua Chi, who has been praying in this same spot at his temple in Tongren, China, for over 2o years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of his prayers, performed up to 3,000 times a day. Though, in his older age, he says he has greatly reduced his quantity of prayers to 1,000 times easch day. Still, his ingrained marks of devotion now serve as a source of inspiration to younger monks who continue in his footsteps to make the footprints themselves. [Via Offbeat Earth] [...]
He really needs a pedicure…
SHOPPED! That is shopped! It’s photoshoped! I can tell! Because of the pixels! They don’t lie, no siree! And! And the shadows. Yep. The pixels and the shadows. That’s how you can tell! It’s definitely shopped. Oh this thing is SO shopped. I know, I can tell, cause I’m shopped. Trust me, this comment section is probably all shopped too. SHOPPED!
A western tourist said to a fisherman……
Wow, you people are insanely judge-mental over what this man did with his life..
he doesn’t care about money so, why a job?
he kept to himself and bothered not a single person
he didn’t make your life less easy so
Why complain?
Just saying
is Judge Mental like Judge Dredd ?
obviously shooped is obvious … shadows … pixels … having seen many shoops in my time.
^ stupid fucking troll ^
who cares about the wood? its more about his devotion to his personal beliefs. and the number may be slightly hyperbolized to attract the less stimulated mind, or just more readers. But why argue the point?
The guy never hurt me or affected my reality. Why should I even care how he chooses to live his life? Why is there this constant question if he’s wasting his life? What gives anyone the right to judge another person?
Buddhists DONT HAVE A GOD, you morons. They pray for environment or something, they are like philosophers, and therefore they dont pray a god that does not exist…
If you say they are wasting their life so are all the philosophers, and us morons, watching porn that will have an effect for only an hour.It’s said that you can achieve bliss(read:orgasm) through prayers, and it is much long lasting…
why do so many of you have such a problem with what he does. He believes in it more than probably any of you believe in your religion. Thats what he chose to do with his life. Its not your life its his. So go live your own life and wish you could have the dedication to anything you do in your life that this guy had to one thing.
pending the prayer or mantra it may be very short sometimes mantras are as little as 6 syllables. for instance om mani padme hum a very well known mantra. when said it creates the sound that procures strength and compassion. It is Avalokiteshvara’s ohm or mantra. and some are very long taking pages upon pages. the devotion of buddhist monks very profound.
“it’s possible he figured it was better to press his head to a wooden floor 3,000 times a day than to become a doctor and risk saving the life of some shrill, smug asshole who spends his time online, badmouthing others’ devotion.”
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This.
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End of comments, why dont you people do something with your lives, then.
Everyone who says “wasted life” is a filthy hypocrit.
ANd stop trying to be all “smart and witty” by saying that I said “wasted life”
wow. cool stumble. keep rockin’ in the free world, Hua Chi! peace!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUuiZdOVdE
A video showing him praying.
For those of you who say it is a “waste of a life” think about how you are spending yours…. spending hours looking up random shit online? hmm yeah we are all leading eventful lives. at least he is at peace and inspiring others
At least I am learning something surfing the net. This man has spent his life praying to a god(s) that does not exist. Who do Buddhists pray to anyway? The eternal spirit? Anywho, the only thing he has inspired people to do is believe in an ancient fairy tale dreamed up by a witch-doctor while he was on lookout duty in the middle of the night 40,000 years ago.
It is a wasted life… But it is his.
I wasted mine and I have a wood shaped hole in my hand. At least 3000 times a day.
@think about it: Random shit rules, I made 100k last year, so I can look and say whatever the hell I want.
wouldnt “god” or gods want there subjects to help others be happy and spread the ‘word’ or whatever, praying all day seems selfish to me.
i think he is a homo.
if he likes what he is doing–witch he has to because he put fucking footprints in wood, let the man be. He is being him, and that should be accepted. If he doesn’t affect your daily life why are you talking shit about a man you don’t know? be good.
Wow, so many people respond with what THEY believe should or should not be done with this persons life. If this is how someone chooses to spend their life who are we to intervene and tell them they are wrong? It’s a completely different perspective, if you don’t want to do it great! If you admire and would like to live your life this way, that’s great too! I don’t know if I believe the 3000 prayers as that just does not seem feasible, but whether I believe it or not his devotion to what HE feels life is about is fine with me. If people had open minds instead of closed trap doors for a brain they would too.
i wanna waste time writing here too, sounds fun.
maybe he just spent a lot of time each day in one spot?
yay, i feel better now
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Fake, look the first picture’s wood texture and check his other pictures.
I used to be an asshole and a liar and a thief. Now I’ve added poltroon, shithead, and mofo.
I believe in Buttha. Not Buddha. I pray to the Eternal Buttcrack of Love. I steal from my family. I am happy that i’ve totally ruined my aunt.
is he praying that his next prayer goes well..?
i don’t understand what he could be praying for if he does nothing else.
Fake footprints to boost tourism? What a joke. I’m sure these Buddhists are not obsessing over declining tourism metrics. Look at that dudes toenails for crying out loud. They look like they’ve been carving some wood.
I really think the naysayers here are made insecure by the dedication this guy has. Who is anyone here to judge the value of how this man chooses to spend his life?
Usually I have an ocd where I have to finish a page completely regardless of how much is on it…
But honestly, some of the people are so fucking ignorant that I don’t have the will to do it. =/ Oh yes, and even people with decent vocabularies curse…It honestly wouldn’t make them an idiot, considering this day and age it’s just a filler word now.
Also, for those who DO NOT know, there have been monks who’ve set themselves on fire to prove a point.
I wouldn’t doubt if they went all day to not eat or sleep, these people are really dedicated.
There are people like this in the world.
Maybe it seems odd to many of you, but I can honestly say unless you yourself have prayed UP TO (meaning not always) 3000 times a day in the same spot, I suggest you STFU.
I’m sure if something as simple as water can wear away rocks, that someone could wear away wood.
Please do some research before you reply. A lot of people have a posting have a misunderstanding about monks and Buddhism. You never know it might help you understand something outside of your perspective.
dear anon, first, he would indeed be dead. of boredom. second, these are fake. i know you “need” to believe in something, but try something “real” for a change. many of us have seen furniture that has sat in the same place for 20 years and has never left an impression in wood. we’ve seen houses that have had 100’s and 100’s of thousands of visitors over a hundred years that have wood floors and no “trails” have been left in them. like, the birth place of george washington in va. like ann franks attic in amterdam just to name 2. wake up outta your dream, you curr. and stop pissin down other peoples back and callin it rain. and he’s right. any idiot who prays 3,000 times a day, standing in the same spot, is indeed a stupid dick.
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Lots of people have said he didn’t do anything with his life, but he’s the one on international news. How many of you twits are going to be able to say that before you die?
Hm…I cant help but notice how people like to slander this monks belief/practice. Fact is - Buddhism is an amazing thing and teaches a person a better more appropriate way of living. Believing in God is a cop-out? No…walking by a man who is homeless or shooing him away simply because you cant take his odor so that you can get home to masturbate to some woman who degrades herself for the sake of money or to compare yourself to others creating a sense of in-adequacy…in an attempt to better yourself. To distance yourself from the problems of a world gone down the wrong path. We try to buy pointless stuff, we dont need, to impress people we dont like or know. Many of us are pussies who are constantly fucked. Too scared to do shit. So dont judge. “There are no atheists in foxholes.” Suck on that Bill Mahr and Richard Dawkins.
People like this live and die for a better world…while others remain consumers…eating whatever they give you. Pathetic. Anarchy forever - Yahweh and Siddhartha pwn. Ha.
This peabrain missed his calling. He could have been the US President or, at least, Wisconsin Governor.
I am amazed how ignorant everyone is of God. Are your hearts so damaged you can’t feel anymore. If your not sure just ask Him if He is there. No one will ever know… except you.
I have to say that I do think the idea of any supernatural god is ridiculous, I also don’t find the need to insult someone for believing in any of them. (I won’t go into how religious people behave, and just talk about the idea here.) he spends hours of his time praying, I spend hours watching tv, playing games, or hanging out with friends. what he, or I, chose to do with free time is the concern of that person only. (assuming no one is being harmed)
now, as for the foot indentations. seems a little unlikely to me. not that it can’t happen, but just at how well formed it is. I would think the placement of his feet would have to be almost the exact same for years, and that moving them even a tiny bit would make the prints very distorted.
but real or not it won’t change anything, most people with faith will be strengthened by this, and those that don’t will scoff at it, and enforce there own beliefs (or lack of) even more that religion is a waist of time.
for him, not a waste of time. for me, and my religion, big fucking waste of time.
Westerners, like myself, are prone to think of prayer as something that is offered up to a God, and we often think that it is done in order to ask for something.
But in this case imagine prayer to be a moment of self-reflection. A way to take oneself out of the world and align one’s self with one’s highest ideals. It is easy to get caught up within the trends and vanities that surround us. In order to be strong and not get caught up in the current of pride and greed that our egos are so susceptible to we might take time to separate ourselves from others, to prostrate and humble ourselves, and repeat a mantra or two that encourages us to think thoughts that represent our highest ideals.
Then we can return to the world more equipped to do what we really feel is right. Like this monk, who is also a doctor, and a gardener who shares his labor with his community.
Buddhism does not pray to please a God or to ask for things. It is used to center and focus the will.
It is imprudent to apply one’s disdain for messianic religions to the Buddhist philosophy.
If you look carefully you can see the face of Buddha in the third toe from the right!
has anyone done the sums 3000 times a day whats that.
sorry but does everyone else not have jobs to go to rather than be getting all holy and getting all i’m better than everybody else cos i pray 3000 times a day.
whatever about the sums fuck sake get a life if your so dedicated to god become a priest or fuck off up a mountain or something.
there is no god all religion or god it can fuck all the way off
he can do whatever he wants with his life but what a waste of a life and time that he has on this planet, you can do a lot of good in a day for other people and humanity, but instead he chooses to pray all day to his “god” for himself, kinda greedy…
Everyone prays. Even those that have anger in their spoken and written words. When times are good, we go about our everyday life full of confidence and ego. When times get hard however, we lose our confidence, our ego diminishes, our very foundation in life is shaken. It is at this moment in which we feel most susceptible to fear and pain that we pray. We pray about ourselves and our own happiness in our most dire circumstance in life. We even pray for the happiness of others that are close to us because we know it will make ourselves happy too. This is greed.
In the aspect of helping humanity, Buddhists do everything they can to help. They feed the hungry, build shelters as well as provide emotional and psychological support. Buddhism is not a religion or will you ever hear a Buddhist say that they pray to a god.
Buddhism is a way of life.
I wish I had even a small portion of the dedication of this man.
He spent his life doing what he wanted to that doesn’t seem like a waste to me!
Budhism - a lot of thinking about a lot of nothing. How can someone pray their entire life and not think about their creator. That’s buddhism.
3000 times a day just shows how stupid religious wackos really are.
Wow. Really, people? This isn’t some life-altering post. It’s just a neat picture with an interesting story behind it and all everyone can do is call him stupid or insult religion or calculate why this is so wrong.
WHAT A SELF INDULGENT WASTE OF TIME,GET OUT THERE AND HELP PEOPLE INSTEAD OF PRAYNG TO A GOD THAT ISNT THERE
I bet there’s a cock imprint too!
I don’t pray. God’s impossible. There’s no point.
stretcharmstrong: Naw, monks don’t have body odor and I’d think they didn’t poop if I didn’t know better.
In reality they’re pretty clean. They clean up their temples pretty frequently including the floors so there wouldn’t be all that much crap for him to track around with his feet, since he spends so much time meditating and stepping in the exact same places he probably doesn’t have so much foot sweat going on that there’s any accumulation between when he washes them.
Plus asian body odor (and earwax?) is a bit different anyway, like skin color. Most of the regular civilian types don’t wear deodorant except in real formal situations because it’s not as potent as whitey sweat-mix.
Why does nobody listen?
Buddhism is not about communal with a God, it’s about creating a peaceful state of mind and finding enlightenment.
Pre-empt to illiterate, uneducated jackasses: that does not mean talking to yourself.
over 9000 fail
Photo does appear to be fake. Read everyone’s responses and it is no surprise to me the world is in the condition that it’s in. And we have been way of track for years (driven by convenience and societies objective to have close minded worker bees) But the amount of judgment and negative energy that permeates from so many strangers (on so many sites) is disheartening. This world and our “reality” is so obviously based on balance that covers all spectrum’s, so to say that someone or something should do what everything else is doing would be ridiculous simply, maybe dogs should act like cats. With that said there has to be the Monk that prays all day, the photo shop guy, the overly self-righteous “internet judges”, and of course the open minded positive philosophers
sad!
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Rick is correct,the floor has a foot print carved into it and the floor is the issue and the issue is deception, Take your place behind all the other bullshit artist preachers.
he’s got an article posted with pictures (skeptics the photos are by Reuters.. real, really real! REALLY.) Personally, I could dream that something I did would get this much attention but that’s just self interest.. something he’s not concerned with. Jeez! I’m not religious but these comments are disheartening! Nothing in this article talks about he man himself but if u take a look »
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1155980/Is-miracle-Monk-prays-left-footprints-ingrained-FLOOR.html
« READ IT SINCE MANY OF YOU ARE SO QUICK TO JUMP ON THE FLAMING BANDWAGON.. IGNORANCE CAN’T BE BLISS IF ALL U HAVE TO SHARE IS BIGOTRY AND HATRED, THERE IS FAR TOO MUCH DISDAIN IN THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE WHO LEAD HONEST AND MEANINGFUL LIVES.. GET EDUCATED AND LESS OPINIONATED, SELF RIGHTOUS BASTARDS.. IF U TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS AND THINK I’M SHOUTING, THEN GOOD! BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T READ SO LOUDLY, YOU MIGHT FIND THE TRUTH.
look at these steps and search more for yourself.Things wear down but who knows.-http://www.funtours.com.au/sydney/images/cadmanscottage-steps.jpg
As someone who has been to Tibet, I can assure you that this is real, and it’s sad to see so many of you calling this holy, humble man a “dick.” I have seen peole crawl on thier hands and knees for weeks in humility. I have seen HUNDREDS of foot prints like these, even in stone. Grow up.
You people saying that it wouldn’t wear down like that, have you never seen old marble steps? They are all worn down in the center where people trod daily. Marble is just a tad sturdier than wood, yet it erodes away over time.
The number of argumentative comments on this is truly amazing. They take up about 20 times more length than the article and pictures.
And now I’m going to add to it.
To those who are typing “shopped,”- no, they’re not. The shadows do not look unnatural. The lighting may have been a bit off at times, but nothing else is wrong with those pictures.
This reminds me of St. Francis of Assisi, who left his footprints on a stone, during his life..
How cool, even if it is photoshopped, the idea that this man has strived for so long to be peaceful and has left a mark is beautiful.
Good Job Dude.
SP
Bullshit… the odds of that happening are a million to one.
now if only whatever his prayers come true…
2 bits….
1.) I dont know of any wood, stone,leather, or metal working tool that could be used to make this up.
2.) Even if it is made up………WHY DO YOU ALL CARE SO DAMN MUCH????!!!! Are your own lives really so fucking dull that you have to piss on the story of someone else?
L8ers bitches
human life,,,, FAIL
Even if it is made up………WHY DO YOU ALL CARE SO DAMN MUCH????!!!! Are your own lives really so fucking dull that you have to piss on the story of someone else?
now if only whatever his prayers come true…
So what I am to take away from reading a few of the comments is that people are very intolerant. The world is full of people who do things that you would never do. Just because you wouldn’t do the same things doesn’t mean you have to speak out against them. Even saying “I would never do that” is still belittling their actions.
As for this man, I think it is remarkable. And I am not religious in any sense of the word. But the pure dedication is astounding.
And to those who said he could’ve done something or accomplished something, you should realize that he has. He is fulfilling his life according to what he wants to do. Can you really fault him for that?
And to those who responded negatively to the negative comments: Practice tolerance. It is a good lesson to be learned.
Inspiring.
To those calling this a waste…what have you done? Is it ‘better’? Why?
Everyone who thinks that this is an inspiration is a total dick head.
This man wasted so much of his time.
Why can one not go on a spiritual journey without all of the overt signs of it? Plenty of people actually do. I mean people grow everyday, why are these achievements any less?
And before you argue that I’m being intolerant by not accepting his faith, realise that by rejecting my opinion (that this has no meaning) immediately, you are being intolerant of my views and beliefs. And you’re also being a hypocrite.
STEP BACK NON-BELEAVERS,OR THE TRUTH WILL NEVER COME!!!
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dude’s got a hammer toe on his left foot, check out the foot print
Hua Chi is exactly as far from Heaven as Satan himself. These pictures make me sad.
i want to know how worn down that mans foot is..
hahahahaha everyone is saying how much a waste of a life that is but everyone here is wasting their life looking at it, including myself. I want my 2 minutes back from reading those comments