Dear Friends,
A Tibetan Joke
There is a Tibetan Buddhist teaching that is also a joke:
The great Buddhist teacher Atisha was visiting Tibet for the first time, and he was told that Tibetans are the nicest people on Earth. Concerned that he wouldn’t be able to practice patience and compassion in such a wonderful environment, he brought along his infamously irritating tea boy.
This story is a joke to Tibetans because they know they are not the nicest people on earth. Tibet is just like any other place. There was no need for Atisha to bring the irritating tea boy!
Friends, entrepreneurship is my irritating tea boy.
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