the story of the 3 monks
Sunday, February 25, 2007
1 day on bus, i suddenly thot of this story that i heard when i was very very young...
once upon the time, there is a monk. he found an old and empty temple on the hill.. so he decide to live in this temple.. every morning, he will carry water from the well downhill back to the temple.. everything is ok and life carries on for this monk...
then comes along this 2nd monk.. he also wanted to live in this temple.. and therefore, every morning, the 2 of them will carry water together using the 扁担.. (a pole with the pail hanging on the centre of the pole and both sides of the pole can be carried each by one monk on their shoulders) everything is ok.. and life carries on for these 2 monks..
then finally, one day, the 3rd monk comes along.. this time, 1st monk wanted the other 2 monks to carry water, 2nd monk wanted 1st monk and 3rd monk to carry water, and 3rd monk wanted the 1st and 2 monk to carry water... in the end, no monk wants to carry water... and all 3 of them died of thirst...
i suddenly realised i may be the 3rd monk... maybe 1 of the monks should leave the temple in search of a new temple... or maybe i am tinking too much..
tianhai
11:25 PM
