A pretty ch!nese lady

A pretty ch!nese lady by WilLow_DarkSky 2013/03/13 05:58

Once upon a time a big monk and a little
monk were traveling 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'tcross the
river.
The big monk offered to carry her across
the river on his back to which the lady
accepted.
The little monk was shocked by the move
of the big monk and was thinking "How can
big brother carry a lady when we are
supposed to avoid all intimacy with
females?" 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 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?"
Moral: 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. But like the little monk, we are not
willing to let them go away.
There is no point in remaining hurt by the
unpleasant event after it is over. Learn to
move on in life

shar!ng !s part of car!ng ;-)