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11 - Parable Of The Raft

Secular Buddhism

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The Water Snake and the Concept of the Raft

The wise monk will say, i let that person down on the other side of the river. Why are you still carrying it? This is a matterf of wisdom, right? It's not right or wrong. And at some point, when you encounter a new body of water, then you're going to spend the time and energy building a new raft there. We don't just carry these with us. So that's the concept of the raft. I'd love to hear what you think of the parable, and specifically what this parable means to you. See if you can get to the root of what some of your personal rafts are, and in what, in what ways

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