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of vodka.
"Hey, man," yells Pete the piano player, "that is cool. But I will bet you a hundred bucks he can't play my grand piano."
"Right!" yells Klopski, swallowing his vodka, and pouring one for the octopus. Clyde knocks back the vodka and jumps on the piano. Waving all his arms about wildly, Clyde plays the Polish national anthem stylishly.
"That is fine," comes a shout from the corner, "but I will bet you five hundred dollars he will never be able to play this!" It is Hamish MacTavish, and be brings a big, old Scottish bagpipe up to Klopski.
"Okay," says Klopski. But before Klopski can touch it, Clyde leaps on the bagpipe, squeezing and tangling his arms all over it. Then the octopus and the bagpipe fall onto the floor in a knotted heap, making only a pitiful gasping sound.
Losing the bet, an enraged Klopski grabs the octopus, holds him up in the air and cries, "What the hell went wrong with you?"
"Well," grins the octopus, drunkenly, "she looked so beautiful, but I just couldn't get her cotton panties off!"
Now, Avirbhava, come on.
(A GREY VELVETY OCTOPUS APPEARS IN FRONT OF THE PODIUM, HOLDING BETWEEN HIS TENTACLES A FLUTE, PLAYING THE BEATLES TUNE "IN AN OCTOPUS' GARDEN," AND DANCING UP AND DOWN IN FRONT OF THE MASTER.)
So let him settle on the Stonehead, now...
(BUT THE OCTOPUS LANDS ON NIRVANO'S HEAD INSTEAD. MEANWHILE, A LARGE CROCODILE IS INCHING ALONG THE PODIUM, WHILE A RED, CUDDLY LOBSTER IS DANCING IN THE AIR. FINALLY, THE OCTOPUS GETS TO HIS DESTINATION -- STONEHEAD'S HEAD. THE MASTER IS CHUCKLING AND ENJOYING THE SHOW TREMENDOUSLY, AS WELL AS THE ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS SIMPLY DROWNING IN AN OCEAN OF LAUGHTER.)
Great, Avirbhava! Take your gods away.
DAIO ONCE SAID TO A MONK:
THE PEAK EXPERIENCE, THE FINAL ACT -- AS SOON AS YOU TRY TO PURSUE IT IN THOUGHT, THERE ARE WHITE CLOUDS FOR A THOUSAND MILES. BUT EVEN IF YOU GO BACK UPON SEEING THE MONASTERY FLAGPOLE AT A DISTANCE, OR HEAD OFF FREELY UPON SEEING A BECKONING HAND, THIS IS STILL ONLY HALF THE ISSUE; IT IS NOT YET THE STRATEGIC ACTION OF THE WHOLE CAPABILITY.
YOU HAVE TRAVELED AND STUDIED VARIOUS PLACES
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