Famous Proverbs
10 Proverbs about Temple
1. Priests return to the temple, merchants to the shop.
2. None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fly in his eyes.
3. The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty.
4. If you must be a servant, serve the rich; if you must be a dog, let it be a temple dog.
5. Even Buddhist priests of the same temple quarrel occasionally.
6. Pee on the ruins before they build a temple over them.
7. Jails are always closed yet full, while temples are always open yet empty.
8. A boy living near a buddhist temple can learn an untaught sutra by heart.
9. The baldness of a head begins at the temples.
10. One never comes to pray in the Temple of Three Treasures if he is not in trouble.
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