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teaphile:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.
A Guide To The Bodhisattva's Way Of Life
By Shantideva
With folded hands I beseech
The conquerers who wish to pass away,
To please remain for countless aeons
And not to leave the world in darkness.
That really is the book next to the computer.
Your turn.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.
A Guide To The Bodhisattva's Way Of Life
By Shantideva
With folded hands I beseech
The conquerers who wish to pass away,
To please remain for countless aeons
And not to leave the world in darkness.
That really is the book next to the computer.
Your turn.
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Date: 2007-04-22 01:06 am (UTC)He talked talked her through the hallway with its high ceiling. He pointed out the original moldings on the ceiling to take her eyes off the bicycles clogging the hallway. He showed her the gentle curves of the stairs, and made no mention of the rotting flooboards. --Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy