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The Pretty Lady 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't cross the river. The

big monk

offered to carry her across the river on his back. The lady accepted.

The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk. 'How can

big 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 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. This will immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over.

 

 

 

 

 

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