Some Wisdom
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One day the learned Zen monk Tanzan and a young monk were travelling to a shrine. On their journey they happened upon a river where a bridge had collapsed.
They met there a young lady in a beautiful kimono who was in distress because she could not cross the river without spoiling her robes.
Tanzan said to the young lady, "let me carry you across." whereupon he picked the woman up and carried her across the river.
The two monks then continued on their journey for the rest of the day.
Eventually the young monk could contain himself no longer, "I was taught that women were a great distraction and we monks were supposed to avoid them. Why did you pick up that woman by the river?"
Tanzan replied," I put the woman down by the side of the river. Are you still carrying her?"......
They met there a young lady in a beautiful kimono who was in distress because she could not cross the river without spoiling her robes.
Tanzan said to the young lady, "let me carry you across." whereupon he picked the woman up and carried her across the river.
The two monks then continued on their journey for the rest of the day.
Eventually the young monk could contain himself no longer, "I was taught that women were a great distraction and we monks were supposed to avoid them. Why did you pick up that woman by the river?"
Tanzan replied," I put the woman down by the side of the river. Are you still carrying her?"......
