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There was an old woman in China who had supported a monk for over twenty years. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating. Finally she wondered just what progress he had made in all this time. To find out, she... continue...

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LOOKING AT THE BAMBOO TREES
One day when the d.o.m. was looking at the bamboo trees in the back yard of a neighbor, he saw the tall bamboo trees were tall and the short ones are short. And one of the tall ones said to him:
-You are too short!

The d.o.m. said: -O. K.

And one of the short ones said:
-You are too tall.

He said:
-O.K.

The conversation then ended.

The d.o.m.

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