Feeling Left Behind by Age? These 5 Buddhist Truths Will Change Everything
YOUTUBE: The Reality of Getting Old
STORY 1
A WISE OLD MONK LIVED IN A REMOTE MOUNTAIN TEMPLE.
KNOWN TO VILLAGERS FOR HIS KINDNESS AND WISDOM
OVER THE DECADES MANY SOUGHT HIS ADVICE
AND HE GUIDED THEM THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES.
ONE DAY A YOUNG DISCIPLE ASKED MASTER,
“DOES IT NOT SADDEN YOU THAT WHEN YOU PASS AWAY
PEOPLE MAY FORGET YOUR NAME?”
THE OLD MONK SMILED AND POINTED TO A RIVER FLOWING PAST THE TEMPLE,
“TELL ME,” HE SAID,
“WHERE IS THE WATER THAT WAS HERE YESTERDAY?”
THE DISCIPLE HESITATED UNSURE HOW TO RESPOND.
“IT HAS FLOWED ON,” THE MONK CONTINUED,
YET THE RIVER REMAINS.”
STORY 2
A ZEN MONK ONCE SAID,
“A SINGLE CANDLE CAN LIGHT 1,000 OTHERS
WITHOUT LOSING ITS OWN FLAME.”
SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQz_9xFFGU
