Shaq feels “Buddha blessed”
Via China Daily:
Martial arts have been an interest of Shaquille O’Neal, and he paid an emotional visit Monday to the Shaolin Temple in Henan province.
“I’ve been a lot of places but being at the Shaolin Temple has brought a tear to my eye. Buddha blessed,” the NBA superstar center wrote on his blog.
NBA Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal (R) receives a Buddha statue, a gift from Shi Yongxin (not pictured), abbot of Shaolin Temple, during his promotional tour in Shaolin Temple, central China’s Henan province, July 13, 2009. [Xinhua][...]
O’Neal said visiting the temple, birthplace of Zen Buddhism, was not on his China tour schedule, but he could not resist the temptation.
He was able to meet Shi Yongxin, abbot of the temple, and spent time discussing Zen (a school of Mahayana Buddhism, translated from the Chinese word Chan).
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August 6th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Shaq has come a long way since his racial mocking of Yao Ming a few years ago.
August 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
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