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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Balance... Everything needs to be balanced

An European tourist was visiting a temple in Singapore when he noticed two statues, a man and a woman by the altar. He asked the monk what was the significance of the two. The monk explained that in the chinese system of yin and yang, positives must always be balanced by negatives, and having the two statues ensures what the universal balance was maintained.

"This statue of the woman is the Goddess of Mercy, Kuan-Yin."

"What about the other one?" asked the tourist.

"This one is the God of No Mercy, Kuan-Yew."