{"id":4324,"date":"2020-04-06T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:00:11","slug":"two-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/two-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two monks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/theravada-monk-1750995_640.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/theravada-monk-1750995_640.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two monks are about to cross a river when a pretty young woman approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also needs to cross but is frightened of the fast-flowing water. The oldest monk offers to carry her on his back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once they reach the other side, she thanked him and left. The youngest monk scolds the other for what he has done: \u201cYou should be ashamed of yourself for having touched that woman\u2019s body! \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They continue on their way. When they reach the monastery, the young monk once again confronts the other and says, \u201cI\u2019m going to report you for your behaviour\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surprised, the other monk replies, \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou carried a woman on your back, and you know that we are forbidden to do that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAh! That! You see, my young friend, I left that woman on the riverbank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You, on the contrary, are still carrying her! \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are you still carrying on your back that you need to put down?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two monks are about to cross a river when a pretty young woman approaches. She also needs to cross but is frightened of the fast-flowing water. The oldest monk offers to carry her on his back. Once they reach the other side, she thanked him and left. The youngest monk scolds the other for what he has done: \u201cYou should be ashamed of yourself for having touched that woman\u2019s body! \u201d They continue on their way. When they reach the monastery, the young monk once again confronts the other and says, \u201cI\u2019m going to report you for your behaviour\u201d. Surprised, the other monk replies, \u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d \u201cYou carried a woman on your back, and you know that we are forbidden to do that!\u201d \u201cAh! That! You see, my young friend, I left that woman on the riverbank. You, on the contrary, are still carrying her! \u201d What are you still carrying on your back that you need to put down?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2695],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/two-monks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two monks - Bulles de bonheur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two monks are about to cross a river when a pretty young woman approaches. 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