Interactive Religion [Tuesday, February 19]

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

Biff gestured around the Danger Room. "Welcome to China," he said. Mountains could be seen all around them and it was definitely chillier than it had been in any of the other classes. "Today we begin our study of Buddhism, so you're going to need to change into these robes."

He gestured towards a rack of them and very nicely neglected to mention how his head had been shaved while he'd been a monk. He figured after the blue thing they would probably get upset about being bald, too.

Maybe for finals.

"These are called 'poles'," he continued, pointing to a seemingly endless line of wooden poles staggered in even intervals around the yard and giving Billy a sharp look. "While I was at the temple, kung-fu was a huge part of our daily lives. Well, that and Jew-do, but I'm not teaching that you--it was more Josh's thing. Being in the moment is essential to Buddhism, and it's harder to be in the moment when you're worrying about falling off a pole."

He hopped up on top of one and balanced easily. "When I tell you to, you will hop from one pole to the one in front of you. If the student in front of you doesn't hop correctly, the pole will tip over, they'll tip over and you'll have something comfortable to land on."

He grinned. "But don't think about that. Concentrate on being in the moment. Up you go."

Comments

Listen to the assignment

[nojesusfreak.livejournal.com]

And wonder what kind of crack he's smoking this week!

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[the_merriest]

Bright orange robes and enormous poles. Rikku grinned in spite of herself. Not bad.

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[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

It wasn't being paralysed and painted blue. Karal was so grateful for that alone, he actually didn't mind this week's exercise in insanity.

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[raspberryturk]

The poles, Reno was okay with.

The orange.. robe.. things? Not so much.

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[withoutverona]

The teacher had held true to his word about not poisoning them, so Romeo almost didn't mind the orange robe.

Almost.

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew didn't touch the robes. He didn't trust them.

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely very warily started pulling the robes on.

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis looked nice in orange. Not as nice as blue, but then, she also wasn't being painted this week. She was fiiiine, thank you.

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

When Biff looked sharply at Billy, Billy smirked at him. Respectfully.

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[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Other than the robes, which she could have done without, Inara was very pleased with the assignment. Finally, they would be learning something useful.