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Lazarus Short

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This is a very popular Zen story about the two monks and a young woman that teaches us to drop our emotional baggage.
Two monks and a young woman Zen story
Two Buddhist monks, a senior monk, and a junior monk were walking through the forest. They came across a river flowing through their path. To continue their journey, they would need to swim through the river and cross to the other side.
There was a beautiful young woman who was sitting at the bank of the river. She did not know how to swim and requested the two monks to carry her on their back to the other side of the river.
Buddhist monks take a vow of celibacy. They are not supposed to even look at women, let alone carry them on their backs to the other side! The junior monk politely refused. On the other hand, the senior monk put the woman on his back, swam across the river, and dropped her safely to the other bank of the river – without saying a word. The junior monk was shocked at the behavior of his fellow monk. He could not stop thinking about how his fellow monk had broken his vows by touching a woman.
They kept walking through the forest for an hour or so without a word between them. Then the junior could not resist and said to the senior monk – “Can I ask you a question?”. The senior monk said, “Sure go ahead.” The junior monk said – “I have been thinking about what you did at the river”. The senior monk said – “What did I do?” The junior monk said – “you broke your vows to Buddhism when you touched the woman while carrying her across the river and dropping her on the other side of the river.”
The senior monk laughed and said – “I dropped the woman on the bank of the river a long time ago! However, it seems that you are still carrying her around in your head!”
 
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