by kendrive
@ 2008-03-26 - 09:28:12
At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays.
Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a one-and-a-half-year-old black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan, joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting his front paws together before the altar.
It took him only a few days to learn the motions, and now he is the talk of the town.
Mr Yoshikuni said today that Conan generally goes through his prayer routine at the temple in the capital city of Japan's southern Okinawa state without prompting, before his morning and evening meals.
The priest is now trying to teach him how to meditate.
Well, sort of - "It's not like we can make him cross his legs," he said.
(Daily Mirror)
26/03/08 @ 10:08