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		<title>Enlightenment Hole</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is from ages ago (April 2008) but it&#8217;s worth posting again here.  While at Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan, we heard the Legend that if you can squeeze your fat bones through this tiny hole in large wooden support beam (roughly the size of one of Buddah&#8217;s nostrils on the big statue at [...]]]></description>
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<p>This one is from ages ago (April 2008) but it&#8217;s worth posting again here.  While at Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan, we heard the Legend that if you can squeeze your fat bones through this tiny hole in large wooden support beam (roughly the size of one of Buddah&#8217;s nostrils on the big statue at :24 into the video) then you become enlightened.  It&#8217;s up for debate whether getting yourself through the hole on your own steam provides any more enlightenment than being violently and painfully pulled through by a totally unknown German tourist.  Your call.</p>
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