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Japanese Buddhist priest contemplates canoe gold in Rio

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By EMILY WANG

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“If you can win, nothing would surpass that,” Kansho Kayaki, Deputy Chief Priest at the temple, told Yazawa.

And Buddha would surely concur.

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In Buddhism you don't answer to Buddah, you answer to yourself.

There are as many ways to reach Enlightenment as there are people in this World.

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Go for it!! Just hope he doesn't have to canoe through a toilet, since that's what most waterways in Rio look like.

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He'd be better placed to contemplate it, one would hope.

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good luck and stay healthy... Rio waterways dont seem very safe ...

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