But first a story.  Today I had the thoroughly enjoyable experience of visiting the Dhammakaya Meditation Center in Quincy Center.  A friend made a lovely Thai feast for us and the came meditation class.

Now meditation, I never thought that would work on me, but it really did.  I highly recommend it.

So the place was full of lovely Buddhas:

And a real life Buddhist monk.  Who I lunged at with a camera.  Of course his serene nature prevented him from punching me in the face: