
11 - Parable Of The Raft
Secular Buddhism
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Zen Stories - The End Story
Two monks, a senior monk and a junior monk, are travelling together. They come to a river that has a strong current. One of them sees a young woman who's trying to cross this river. And the two monks kind of glance at each other, cause they realize they've taken vows to not touch a woman. The older monk picks up the woman, carries her across the river and gently places her on the other side. He then continues his journey without saying anything about what he had just done. When you do something, you dosomething, andthen when you're done, you let it go. i think it's a simple zen story, like all zen stories,
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