Grateful but bewildered, the woman asked, 'Why. Gandhi looked the :youngster in the eye and said, 'Stop eating sugar.' Two weeks later, she returned with her son. Tell my son to stop eating sugar.'' Gandhi paused, then said, 'Bring your son back in two weeks.'Puzzled, the woman thanked him and said that she would do as he had asked. Sorrow -> fear-> anger->action->laughterĪ mother brought her young son to Mahatma Gandhi. 'How could you carry a beautiful woman in your arms? Such behavior does not seem proper for a priest.' The old monk looked at his companion, replying, 'I left her back there. As they neared the monastery gates, the young monk could no longer contain himself. Thanking him, she bowed, and the monks continued on their way in silence. She smiled at him, her arms around his neck, until he put her gently down on the other side. Seeing her predicament, the older monk swept her up in his strong arms and carded her across. They came upon a lovely woman who stood helplessly at the edge of a muddy, fast-flowing stream. Two monks, one old, one very young, walked along a muddy path in a rain forest, on their way back to a monastery in Japan. Your sorrow, your fear and anger, regret and guilt, your envy and plans and cravings live only in the past, or in the future There have never been past warriors, nor will there be future ones, either. You can do nothing to change the past, and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for. Snap back whenever your attention begins to drift off to other timesĪnd places.

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