Zeeshan Tauheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The Pretty Lady
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were travelling together.
They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged.
They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was
stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn't cross the river.
The big monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his
back. The lady accepted. The little monk was shocked by the move
of the big monk."How can big disciple brother carry a lady when we are
supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?" thought the little monk. But
he kept quiet.
The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk
followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let
the lady down and they parted ways with her. All along the way for
several miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the big
monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the big monk in his
head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the
big monk had no inclination to explain his situation.
Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand
it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk.
"How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first
opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty?
All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite."
The big monk looked surprised and said, "I had put down the pretty
lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying
her along?"
< < <This very old Chinese zen story reflects the thinking of many people
today. We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, they irritate us
and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt,
sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous. But like the little
monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying the
baggage of the "pretty lady" with us. We let them keep on coming
back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony.
Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage
of the "pretty lady". We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the
river,immediately after the unpleasant event is over. This will immediately
remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant
event after it is over. It is just that simple.> > >
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