<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fc93c0c8-96ae-4358-910f-24a5dd1bc71a/0B4318FE-D98F-408C-BAA4-D488571A3FBF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears" href="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oraris.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oraris.com/img/43BE6D9F-BDEE-4E1F-B776-763BF300BBA1" alt="Oraris" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears"><EM><SPAN id="main"><STRONG>A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. </STRONG></SPAN></EM><SPAN><EM>Buddha</EM></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears"><DIV class="tit"><H1><A href="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears">Buddha shaped pears</A></H1></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears">Gao Xianzhang spent nearly seven years perfecting what some could call ‘holy fruit’ because it is literally in the shape of a <STRONG> Buddha</STRONG>!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears">So this<STRONG> </STRONG><STRONG> buddha shaped pear </STRONG>story adds new definitions to the quote by Buddha about the illusions of the world, adding a tickle of humour. The question I would be asking is which part do you eat first!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears">If we look back at the interpretation of Buddha’s quote we can see some hidden depth held within its wisdom. Right now I am sure that there are Buddhists being very upset that someone has created a fruit not only against the normal flow of nature but in the shape of their spiritual master and that people will be eating them!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oraris.com/2009/buddha-shaped-pears">I am sure Buddha himself would be laughing at such ingenuity and yet there are sure to be people who will be upset.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0B4318FE-D98F-408C-BAA4-D488571A3FBF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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