Best Thing That Could Happen to the NIt Wit, Really
KYOTO, Japan, (AFP) - US President George W. Bush learned how to pray like a Buddhist at a Zen temple and inquired about his socks as he was enlightened, a priest said.
Bush, opening a week-long visit to Asia, took off his shoes with his wife Laura and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as they took a morning tour of Kinkakuji, the revered Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
Koizumi showed Bush, a devout Christian, how to bow in prayer before an idol of the Buddha, said Raitei Arima, the temple's head priest.
But the US president, clad in a suit ahead of a summit, also had other concerns.
"What was most interesting was that Bush said, 'I wonder if my socks have any holes.' And Laura said not to worry," the priest said.
Bush, opening a week-long visit to Asia, took off his shoes with his wife Laura and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as they took a morning tour of Kinkakuji, the revered Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
Koizumi showed Bush, a devout Christian, how to bow in prayer before an idol of the Buddha, said Raitei Arima, the temple's head priest.
But the US president, clad in a suit ahead of a summit, also had other concerns.
"What was most interesting was that Bush said, 'I wonder if my socks have any holes.' And Laura said not to worry," the priest said.
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