STORIES Flashcards
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Carrying the PAst: 2 zen monks
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We’re embarking on a 5 hour journey to a temple.
It had rained so the country side roads were muddy.
There was a lady with a long,beautiful silk kimono, who hesitated to cross the road in fear of dirtying up her beautiful silk dress..
one of the monks picked her up and carried her across the road.
5 hours later when the monks reached the temple, the other monk couldn’t hold it in any further and asked” why did you carry that woman across the street. Monks are not supposed to intervene. The zen monk said “ I carried her across the street” you,ve been carrying her for the last 5 hours”
