Tag

禅 Archives - juesatta (CJ Photography)

Still carrying her

By Photography, Wisdom
Still carrying her

Still carrying her

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.”

[source: http://stories-shortstories.blogspot.com/2008/01/zen-story-still-carrying-her.html]

中文翻译

两个旅途中的和尚到了河边要渡河时,发现河边有一名年轻女子正在发愁如何过河。河流很急,她就请求两个和尚的帮忙。一个和尚正犹豫着,另一个和尚二话不说,抱起女子就过了河,把她放下河的彼岸。女子向和尚道谢就离开了。

当两个和尚继续赶路的时候,一个和尚不断沉思和忧闷。终于,他忍不住开口了:「师兄,我们的修行是要守戒的,不能和女人有接触,可是你刚刚还抱着她。」

「师弟」另一个和尚答道:「我在河边已经把她放下了,你怎么还抱着她?」