An Old Parable.

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Once two Budhist monks were walking through the forest and came to a river where a woman was trying to find a way across without getting soaked. Being new initiates, the monks were not allowed to touch, talk to or even approach females, nevertheless the first monk introduced himself to the the woman and offered to carry her across the river. She agreed and the monk promptly carried her to the far side. The monks then continued on their way.

After quite a while of further walking, the second monk finally spoke up. "How could you do that?" He asked. "You know the strictures about interacting with women! How could you just ignore them like that?"

The first monk looked startled and said to the second "Are you still carrying that woman? I put her down when we got to the far side of the river."

Comments

Re: Huh?

[ellenk.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, thank you.