Thursday, May 21, 2009

A Pile of Dry Manure, A Buddhist Parable (as told by Alex White)


One day,
a famous official from
a the state government
met a highly
respectable
Buddhist master.
And, being very
vain and conceited,
the official
wanted to make sure
that everyone knew
he was better, more superior.
So, as they were talking,
the official said "Hey, old monk,
you know what I think of you
and what you're talkin' about?"
and the monk said
"I don't give a shit, you're
entitled to your opinion, I'm
entitled to mine."
and the official laughed derisively and
said: "Hell, I'm gonna tell ya anyways!
I think you're like a
dried
up pile
of shit!"
And the master just sat
and stared at the official.
Seeing that his insult
didn't hurt the monk,
the official asked in earnest:
"So? Whaddya think about my ass? Huh?"
And the master spoke quietly:
"You, buddy, are just
like the Buddha."
So the official left
laughing and bragging.
He went home and boasted
to his wife about this.
When she heard his bragging,
she rolled up a magazine
and smacked him with it,
saying:
"You dumbass! When a man
has a heart made of dry shit
he sees everyone that way!
The master has the heart of The Buddha!
That's why he says
you're like the Buddha!
You're not gettn' any tonight..."

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