Comments on: Funny Zen story of two monks and a lovely girl

By: chris

chris — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:32:29 +0000

don’t understand it.sorry

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:11:53 +0000

I heard a slightly different version “I left the girl there 5 minutes ago, why are you still carring her?” but the message is the same.

Great story, once again thanks for bringing it to my memory

Cheers,
Glen

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:47:18 +0000

Author,

Thanks for sharing A.Mouse. I agree, I like that one better as well. I appreciate your comment and link on my site. For those who missed it, here is a great alternate version. A Tale of Two Monks: http://www.the-intuitive-self.org/scripts/frameit/author.cgi?/website/author/memoir/supplements/tale_two_monks.html

By: paxdavid

paxdavid — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:59:02 +0000

All suffering, even something as simple as a stranded woman, has a remedy. Acting in the ‘now’ is the solution. Avoiding Karma means not carrying around (worrying about) incidents from the past in our head. Beauty is relative, and one practice in Tibetan Buddhism requires we see all humans as just bones and flesh. In the end there is just ‘true mind’.

By: AC

AC — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:49:55 +0000

what’s with the blurry naked woman?

By: Cookie

Cookie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:03:03 +0000

I agree with CJ

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:43:30 +0000

This story is very valuable. The first monk sees the essence of his religion, whereas the second sees only the rules associated with it, failing to understand their original purpose. This trap is so common in all religions…

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:19:34 +0000

Passion,lust and the desire for material things is in your mind not your arms or hands. He carried the concubine only so far the other never let her out of his mind.

By: Cory

Cory — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:50:13 +0000

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By: Bummer

Bummer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:41:05 +0000

After all, the monk who dared to carry the woman slept not well in that night.

By: A. Mouse

A. Mouse — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:27:41 +0000

I like this one better, http://www.the-intuitive-self.org/scripts/frameit/author.cgi?/website/author/memoir/supplements/tale_two_monks.html

By: Justin W

Justin W — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:23:04 +0000

Two priests were walking down the road, when they saw a prostitute dressed very provocatively on the other side of the way. The first turned his head away quickly, but then noticed his brother was staring at the woman. “Brother,” said the first “turn away, lest she incite lust in you!” But the second kept staring.

Then the first noticed the tears welling up in the eyes of the second. “Brother,” said the second “it is good to turn away so as not to give rise to the temptation to lust. But I look because I see such utter beauty of this child of God which she herself cannnot see. She doesn’t know how beautiful she is as a child of God.”