Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.
As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!"
"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are still carrying her."
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Good One......
Anugrah Agarwal
Moral of the Story - Leave the Burden away from your mind, the farther you take it, stronger its affect on you....
Very true....and just to add to it - Take the knowledge in the practical spirit and not just in a text book sense.
In this story, the second monk understood the practical problem of the lady an helped her out. While the first monk sticked to his teachings in literal sense.
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