PRAYERS FOR PEACE: Canada's Crispin Lipscomb will be relying on the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to assist him in the halfpipe competition in Sochi. The 34-year-old, who is making his final Olympic appearance, told Reuters that the extreme sport and the ancient religion have an awful lot in common. "About five or six years ago I started travelling to Korea and I was introduced to some monks who run a thousand-year-old temple," he said. "In all the reading that I did and learning about that approach and some of the fundamental ideas that the Buddha was playing with, I found great parallels to our snowboarding. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/sports/canada-s-lipscomb-takes-buddhism-on-board/article/369394#ixzz2snVvpLd4- Canada's Lipscomb takes Buddhism on board

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Canada's Crispin Lipscomb will be relying on the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to assist him in the halfpipe competition in Sochi. The 34-year-old, who is making his final Olympic appearance, told Reuters that the extreme sport and the ancient religion have an awful lot in common. "About five or six years ago I started travelling to Korea and I was introduced to some monks who run a thousand-year-old temple," he said. "In all the reading that I did and learning about that approach and some of the fundamental ideas that the Buddha was playing with, I found great parallels to our snowboarding. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/sports/canada-s-lipscomb-takes-buddhism-on-board/article/369394#ixzz2snVvpLd4- Canada's Lipscomb takes Buddhism on board

Canada's Lipscomb takes Buddhism on board: ""I think that from what I know, the Buddha would remind everyone that you've got to chop wood before enlightenment and carry water after enlightenment.

"I think that that means no matter who you are and what your process is, you have to do your work.

"You can have your joy and your reward, but immediately following it you have to go right to work and right back to your life.""

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