Test of faith

And I thought it was bad when M threw up in Radio Shack.

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Mo. Toddler Ruins Monks' Sand Design
By Associated Press

May 24, 2007, 4:40 PM CDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The little boy spotted the pretty pile of colored
sand on the floor of the vast hall and couldn't resist. Slipping under a
protective rope, he danced all over the sand, ruining the carefully
crafted picture.

Never mind that it was the creation of eight Tibetan monks who had
spent two days cross-legged on the floor of Union Station, meticulously
pouring the sand into an intricate design as an expression of their
Buddhist faith.

They were more than halfway done with the design -- called a mandala --
on Tuesday when they ended their work for the day and left. The little
boy showed up sometime later with his mother, who was taking a package
to a post office in the hall.

"He did a little tap dance on it, completely destroying it," said Lama
Chuck Stanford, of the Rime Buddhist Center in Kansas City.

A security tape shows the boy's mother returning to the mandala,
grabbing her son by the arm and walking out of camera range.